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American police rarely do things for actual harassment. If you are lucky you might get a police report and if it happens enough you might get a restraining order that is poorly enforced. Just because kids aren't above the law doesn't mean that the law will do anything about it, especially if they think the teacher should be able to just brush it off.

There's a way around that, too: bully law enforcement. Probably won't work (yet) for teenage kids but the Church of Scientology used it to tremendous success during the 70s and 80s.

>Probably she could sue the parents?

She could also go postal. Both of those would quickly become matters of public record and end her teaching career.

Being cruel and digging up dirt on people is wrong but not illegal.

Depending on what dirt was dug this could be called defamation which is illegal.