Otago secondary school principals are watching the situation at St Bede's College closely, saying the court intervention could have dramatic repercussions on the ability of schools to discipline pupils.
The Christchurch school dumped pupils Jordan Kennedy (16) and Jack Bell (17) from the St Bede's College rowing team after they breached Auckland Airport security last Friday.
They were caught riding on the baggage conveyor belt at the Jetstar arrivals hall, shortly after arriving from Christchurch.
The pair were given formal warnings by police and the Aviation Security Service.
The school decided the boys were in breach of the school's code of conduct and banned them from competing in the 2015 Maadi Cup rowing regatta at Lake Karapiro, which started on Monday.
However, the boys' parents sought an urgent injunction at the High Court in Christchurch to allow their sons to row in the regatta.
Justice Rachel Dunningham granted the interim injunction, preventing St Bede's from stopping the boys rowing.
Otago Secondary Principals' Association secretary Gordon Wilson said it was a similar situation to when a High Court judge ruled St John's College should not have suspended Hastings pupil Lucan Battison last year, over the length of his hair.
Mr Wilson believed the two cases had the potential to erode the ability of New Zealand schools to discipline pupils.
He said schools were watching the St Bede's case with ''extreme interest'', because it had the potential to ''erode what schools can and cannot do when disciplining students'' during activities outside the classroom.
''Schools do set up systems and do have clear rules and guidelines, and my view is if schools follow a good process, then we would hope parents would support that.
''The school can set rules - they're actually bylaws - and then there is an expectation that students will follow those bylaws.
''But the question is, does a school have jurisdiction at a particular time or not, and maybe that is something the court is considering in this case - did the school have jurisdiction?''
Mr Wilson believed schools must have jurisdiction over activities outside the classroom because there were often health and safety issues, and certain rules had to be applied for the safety of all individuals.
''There is an expectation that parents of the school buy into these processes and buy into the rules and regulations that the board of trustees is legally allowed to set.''
