What could the adults have done?

CWR: An Analysis of a Debacle by Peter M.J. Stravinskas
Shame on the Diocese and the school for rushing to judgment, especially in this Pope Francis era of “Who am I to judge?”

Fr. Stravinskas criticizes the chaperones/teachers and suggest that they be removed from their jobs or future positions of trust.

But what could the chaperones have done?
1. Called the police on some minorities -- yeah the SJWs would have played up the optics on that as well.
2. Stand their ground and do nothing while waiting for the bus to arrive. Was choosing another exfil point an option? Maybe not, for large buses. Maybe no one had the authority to make such a decision; maybe there was no clearly designated leader. Maybe they didn't have proper communication with the bus driver.
3. Leaving/retreating to go where?

Could they have gone to the train station? It's probably a bit far for the HS students. I don't remember the layout of National Mall that well, but the number of spots at the mall for bus pick-up are probably limited. So what is to stop various people from following the students and continuing to harass them? (Some say that the group had already moved four times and were followed. What of the optics for such a retreat?) Option #1. Maybe Catholics will toughen up and keep that option in mind next time something like this happens. (And get a Catholic lawyer to help with legal advice.)

What was the risk of real danger? (As opposed to a public nuisance or annoyance.)

Were there any teachers there? The parents were probably unfamiliar with such situations. Who would have chosen differently knowing what they know now? Where is the guide on what to do? Were the chaperones given instructions on possible scenarios? (I am guessing no, as Catholics are rather new to dealing with SJWs.) Should these parents lose a position of trust because everyone involved, including the school administration, was unprepared?

I am betting that most, if not all, of the chaperones were women, too. Not likely to be good leaders in a stressful situation like that. (Sexist!) Maybe next year there should be more men involved, or maybe they should cancel their participation. (Though one would help the organizers of the march would have some countermeasures in place by then.)

It is a question of whether their prudence was sufficiently schooled for such situations, and I am betting that even school administrators might not have known what to do. Why "punish" them for inexperience?

As for the March for Life itself -- it is a copy of the avowedly peaceful political demonstration from the 60s, Civil Rights Era, Vietnam War protests, and so on - an appropriation of Gandhi. It is different from the mass demonstrations of the late 19th and early 20th ce, in which mob violence was a real possibility. Is such a public demonstration still necessary, given that it is politically ineffectual for ending abortion? (What is effective is getting a candidate like Donald Trump, or someone even better, elected to Federal and state offices, and not a pro-life demonstration but political rallies may be needed.)

First Things: WHAT'S MISSING FROM THE MARCH FOR LIFE by John Waters

How is his suggestion (gathering to quietly read something pro-life) not to degenerate into a form of performance art? Why do conservatives concede ground to those who uphold abortion by turning it into a merely intellectual argument? It's because they too have been indoctrinated with liberal presuppositions. If abortion is so serious, and a prayer service for the dead (in a church - I am not keen on the idea of public prayer demnonstrations) is insufficient for Mr. Waters, then perhaps those who oppose abortion may be justified in pursuing other responses to end it. But I bet Mr. Waters is opposed to those options as well.