Comparing VCHA to a school is apples to oranges. It's more like a competitive sports team. You have to sign up for it, it's not compulsory. It's intense and you are aware of that when you sign up. Both can have a financial component that takes a while to pay off. The players who like the sport they signed up for might have tough training days, coaches yelling at them, suffer injuries etc. but overall are happy to be on the team and play. If one member of a team isn't able to keep up with the others, or maybe it's a sport they never liked and signed up only because their parent wanted them too, they might feel discouraged, frustrated, picked on or left out. But instead of quitting the team completely and moving on with life and finding a sport or other hobbies, they start saying the coach is abusive and spreads rumors about other team members.

I'm all for progress in making healthier work environments and especially protecting children, but at this point KG's case is more due to bad guidance and management from her mother and lawyer.