I am sad to say I am not surprised.
If you look at the leadership at the school and the home it will tell you A LOT.

From 1st hand experience I have seen the principal claim that an elementary student is "not capable of being mean on purpose". These attacks of bullying etc are all just misunderstandings on the part of the victim...

The parents are clueless because the kids do not rush home to tell them that the principal was called upon to talk to them again this week and the principal and teacher do not call the parents either. When the 'victims' parent calls the other parent to ask what a good solution might be the reply is that their child "attends Sunday school" so they will pray about it.

...Some kids NEED rules and consequences...Okay. all done now.