Your problem may be the child's age as much as anything else. A child that age that has not committed a crime on the property is usually left there. I am surprised some sort of home study hasn't been done to see if he qualifies as Emotionally Disturbed. Even so, that doesn't mean they'll send him to the alternative school. When I live (East Coast) one of the main school districts used to let this stuff slide. Not anymore. If a kid coughs, they expell him for spreading germs (exaggeration, obviously). The point is that the local school boards set the practices and policies. Some districts are a lot tougher than others. I am surprised that bullying is being allowed to continue since it has gotten so much attention, nation-wide. When I live, a child is not allowed to simply change schools within the district, once expelled. I see a lot of kids simply not in school, at all. Their parents can't afford private school and the public school won't take them back. Of course, that usually comes only if the child has made threats and has the capacity to carry them out. It is ridiculous that one child can be allowed to be such a disruption to the rest of the students.