My Child’s Classmate Is Pulling Out Huge Pieces Of His Hair, School Offered To Put My Son In A Different Class But Refuses To Move The Other Child.

So this takes place in Illinois. Both children are in pre-K. On 2/7 and 3/22 a child in my sons class pulled out large sections of hair from my sons head. The first incident was about half dollar size, the second time it left a baseball or slightly larger bald spot on the top of my son’s head. Both incident reports mentioned the act was unprovoked, a teacher was nearby, and none of it was on camera. Apparently there is a blind spot.

After the second incident I’ve spoken with the principal and the program director multiple times. They offered to add more staff members, have one teachers assigned for both children (the other child is already 1 on 1 with a staff member) and “implement intensive safety measures” also to add more cameras, or move my child to another classroom but he would go to half day and honestly I feel like my child isn’t the one that needs to move regardless. They refused to make the other child change classrooms or schools within the district.

I went and spoke at the school board meeting on 5/7 the superintendent said she would follow up with me. She did, she asked what I wanted out of all of it and I told her the other child’s needs are obviously being neglected where they are now for them to act out violently like this, but I would like them physically separated by putting the other kid that’s doing this in another classroom or school.

Two days ago she said they were going to permanently remove the child from the school. Yesterday the superintendent called and told me they ran into complications and the child won’t be moving classes. Then gave me all the previous options from before.

Is there something I’m missing that they’re not telling me here? Physically separating them seems like the logical solution for my son to not have his hair ripped out of his head monthly anymore. He hasn’t been at school since the second incident and I would like for him to return to a safe learning environment as soon as possible. That’s my priority. I figured going to court with it would just take up time he could be learning instead which is why I went to the school board. Would there be any other legal avenue I could pursue to assist with my concern?

Edit: thank you for all the replies! Lots of good advice. I haven’t replied but I have read every comment. It’s probably not hard to believe that this is a very sensitive subject for me, personally. I’m going to file a police report this week, I’m going to look into getting legal representation although I don’t think I’d be able to afford a great one. I was thinking about one other possibility being me getting a restraining order on my son’s behalf? At that point I would think they would be legally obliged to remove the other child. It’s just a thought from a parent concerned for their little guys safety. Thank you again everyone