The Federal Guidelines the school admin is blaming for their horrible decisions require the students be provided an education. That could be in their home, or at an alternative school where troubled and disruptive students are sent.

I think they should have ankle bracelets and be confined to their homes. But we had the same thing happen in a nearby Kentucky town. Group of 4 o5 raped a boy with a broom handle punctured his intestine. But locally their families had influence. They did go to jail eventually, but then the Republican gov pardoned them after he lost reelection. The south and places like WV have some very corrupt places.