> Maybe a special school for problem kids? <
That’s a good idea. Small class size, with teachers specially trained to deal with such kids.
The urban school district where I taught once tried such an approach. It ended in a complete fiasco, just as I expected.
Somebody (I don’t know who) tacked on a requirement. A parent had to give permission for a kid to be sent to that school. Otherwise, the student remained at his home school - free to be as disruptive as he wished.
Only a small handful of parents gave that permission. The alternative school was eventually shut down.
That’s a shame. There must be some solution.