Should this child be expelled?

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Sorry if this is long.

There is a long running problem of a boy in our school. He is a year one boy and to date he as been responsible for the following:

1. pushing my ds1 over and kicking him in the face when he tried to get up.

1. pushed a boy down some concrete steps.

1. kicked another boy in the head several times on differect occasions.

1. held a pair of scissors to a girls throat.

1. disrupts class and kicks teacher.

1. pushed ds2 over, he now has a black eye and the school didnt even phone me to let me know.

When this boy kicked my ds1 in the face he got excluded for one afternoon.

I did not find out that this boy had done the eye injury to my ds2 until today when i have had a good chat with him and another boy who was there.

In what circumstances, if any, would a boy of this nature be allowed to stay in a school?

I am going to have serious words with the school on Monday as everyday all you hear is children moaning and being afraid of x.

He is a very volatile boy and I cannot understand why he is allowed to stay in school.

On the other hand I can see by his behaviour that he needs help and do not participate in any school yard gossip.

Please give advice on what to say to school as I dont want to come across as being unreasonable.

This is an independent school so I suspect they do not have to adhere to strict guidlines as state schools do.

Thanks

The problem with expelling a child is that it won't make his problems go away: society will still have to deal with them one way or another. He will still be walking the streets, he will still need an education. So the very best option is if a child can get the intensive help he needs to avoid these situations, whether in the school he is in or in a school that is better adapted. Expulsion in itself is not a magic wand.