Forgive me but this story is long. This all started on my kids bus ride home. My kid states he sat down on a seat and a child next to him said not to sit there. He sat down, anyways so the other child proceeded to kick my kid til my kid got mad and punched the kid. The child fell and stated saying he wanted to harm himself. So my son moved to another seat after all this. The other kid proceeded to pull a pocket knife and showed it to some other students on bus saying that he should of pulled this out on my son. My child gets home upset tells my wife everything. She then goes ahead and emails his teacher everything. So we don't hear anything til Monday where I had to drive my son to school and speak with principal. She goes ahead and tells me that the other child has already been sent home and there deciding on how long the suspension will be. I said what? Suspension? I'm thinking expulsion. Mind you all the kids he showed knife to and made the statements he made all were asked and confirmed everything my son told us. So she says that she will call us and let us know whats going on. I'm already not happy with how this is being handled. Tuesday teacher calls my wife and says the kid is only getting a one week suspension and goes ahead and states the other childs parents do not deny he had the knife but deny what statements he made. She is mad but not as mad as me. My wife had a convo with the principal and asked well maybe he shouldn't be riding the bus while my kid is riding the bus. Which I didn't want. For safety of my child I don't believe I'm over exaggerating. So she states that's a good Idea she will get back to us. We agreed we weren't satisfied with the situation so we decide to call the superintendant of out school district. He calls my wife back and said that he was confident in the principals actions and if she did want to give him more suspension days, she would have to get approval from school board. My thoughts are ok whats issue. That she doesn't want to do her job which I pay for with my school taxes. My wife goes ahead and tells me that the kids comments about hurting himself were never told to him by the school. WHOA. That's kind of a big deal. I understand now when a child makes statements of this kind it has to be reported to child protective services. I cant believe that the school did not tell their boss the superintendant of this. He goes and tells my wife that now he has to look further into this and will get back to her Wednesday. Today is Thursday still haven't heard from school or superintendant. This morning I go ahead and call school on the advice of a family member to schedule a meeting with school and superintendant. The principal answers phone and instead of saying hello Mr, she answers with yes. I say hello she says yes again. Wow. I ask her that I need a meeting with her and super. She tells me in a unprofessional way that they both have to be free and same time for a meeting. At this point I'm like you guys are a bunch of assholes. I call the super right afterwards and get voicemail. Leave message still haven't heard back about this serious situation. My kid was threatened and also he threatned to harm himself. Unreal that this school district in my eyes is being so nonchalant about this. My kids safety is my number one priority and he is not happy that he has to see this kid Tuesday in school. I told my son to stay away from this kid since right now we don't know whats going on. but if this child were not to leave you alone do what you have to do to get to a safe place. I don't feel I am overreacting at all or being petty or whatever they want to call it. I feel firest and foremost I am doing this for my childs safety and safety of others.