You think they would admit it was about the kiss?
And it's not obvious at all what it is about.
Do you have a link to where they admit it's too sensitive to reveal? It's not in the story I found.
Absent all of the facts, as is usually the case, you're really left with two options: either the HS student is lying and there was more going on than just kissing or the principal and the school district are all in cahoots and lying.
In order to begin believing the HS student, you have to believe that one would sneak off to a secluded area with their partner and not do more than just "kiss". Come on. I mentioned this before, but my buddy's father is a principal and they had to call a parent teacher conference because they found 6th grade girls sneaking off to a broom closet giving blowjobs as part of a contest. That's at a relatively small Catholic school near where I live, by no means a liberal "big city school". When kids get alone they get promiscuous. That was the way it was when I was in school, but I say with relative confidence it continues today but at a slightly younger age.
Everything I know about HS from way back when to the current day suggests to me that's it HIGHLY probable this kid was actually not just "kissing".
And everything I know about HS kids suggests to me they are less than forthcoming. And I say less than forthcoming because I don't think he's lying, I just think he's downplaying what happened. Maybe they didn't have sex, but it was probably more than just a "kiss" like he's trying to play it off as. It just doesn't make sense in the setting that's been described.
The student and parents are clearly aware that the student was not removed from the squad for kissing another student at school. While the student is free to discuss certain aspects of his discipline in the media, the District cannot discuss the specifics of this incident and must respect the privacy rights of the students involved in this matter."
I suppose that leaves it open to an entirely different reason for him being suspended, but when you combine it with the previous statements that say the suspension is a result of the principal reviewing the surveillance footage and suspending the student, it's pretty clear that there's a "privacy issue" here. That simply doesn't happen if the student was suspended for damaging school property or skipping out. The wording also suggests they're protecting the privacy of both students.
I may have mislead you by saying "sensitive issue", I thought that's what I read the other day. Apparently it's a "privacy issue" the school can't share with the public. It's not exactly the same, but it's not really that different, nor does it change anything.
. The fact that the school emphasised the higher standards for cheerleaders implies to me that it was something that would have been on the line as passable for normal students. In the end we are left at an impasse where the district says it wasn't for kissing, the kid and his family know the real reason, but they can't say it because of privacy.