This reminds me of something that happened to my daughter, before we gave up on government schools. There was this girl who was a class bully, and was picking on my daughter, and the school was doing nothing. Mom would have none of it so she barged into the classroom one day screaming at the teacher that she would not tolerate bullying, and it went to the principal, and after some dispute this bully girl got suspended from school. I think they were afraid of legal action.

So after getting in severe trouble, and after returning to school, this bully-girl apologized to my daughter, and they actually became friendly to each other.

The most shocking thing happened after, though. The class took it as a green light, to mob and bully the bully girl. It was almost surreal, like lord of the flys. It looked like the school was doing nothing, unless something made them do something.