Were I a parent of kids in that school, I'd tell them to go to school and get a bunch of friends and simply sit down in the hall to see if that action also would prompt the lame excuse that they were a fire hazard. Of course, the first excuse was this was unsafe and obstructed student flow between classes, but apparently that did not have enough weight behind it so now it became a fire issue. Yep, I'd test them to see if the real reason was something other than a fire hazard. Likely people like that believe parents must be stupid.
I believe that it is a good thread.
Once upon a time the heros of children were people like George Washington, Thomas Edison, Billy Sunday, Abe Lincoln, Lindbergh, the Wright brothers, Henry Ford, etc. The schools never suspended children for imitating any of those men. It seems that the school system is now anti-American or unAmerican.