They don't operate with a criminal court's standard of evidence and the punishment meted out is not criminal punishment. The accuser is free to go to the polic

They don't operate with a criminal court's standard of evidence and the punishment meted out is not criminal punishment. The accuser is free to go to the police in addition to the school's administration, if they chose not to it would be wrong for others to do so. Say you had some friends over including someone you don't know well and a while later you discovered something valuable was missing. You think that person may have taken it because you don't know them well and they had the opportunity, would you not hesitate invite them over because you have no evidence? "Innocent until proven guilty" is a cornerstone of our criminal legal system but not every judgement can, or should, be based on the same standard. I'm not comfortable with the position school administrations are put in but recognize that often times it's better than counting on the criminal justice system in a timely fashion.