@Avram in MD
I agree that it may have been warranted in that situation. However the fact is that yeshivos tend to be very trigger happy with problem kids and do not tend to follow up afterwards (as I stated before). The yeshivos do share a large part of the blame – running a yeshiva requires a sense of achrayus which unfortunately many menahalim do not have. Whether the yeshivos were right in this case or not was not (I dont think) damoshe’s point. I fear that many rabbonim/menahalim will be in for a very rude awakening after 120 for the poor decisions they have made. Olam Hafuch Raeisi comes to mind.