You point to a key issue I have heard from multiple teachers: They have basically no options for a kid that is out of control. If a kid is punching and kicking

You point to a key issue I have heard from multiple teachers: They have basically no options for a kid that is out of control. If a kid is punching and kicking them or another student they are not supposed to touch the student they are supposed to remove all of the other students and call support. Depending on the support person, some of them are unwilling to pick up and remove a student. Everyone is concerned with being sued. Admins don’t want to suspend or expel because that is a bad data point. And how good they are at their job is based on data. They don’t want to remove them from the classroom because what else do they do with that kid? And removing a child from the classroom makes the parent complain, anyway, so it is a lose, lose. This leads to teachers feeling option-less and it only takes one child to basically hold an entire classroom hostage. The comparison is when I was a student and those students existed but were quickly removed from the classroom, usually physically as they threw punches at the support person and anyone else within arm length.