Fundamental Rights

In the Oct. 20 edition of Ed. Week, something small caught my attention.  There was a little article about a North Carolina Supreme Court ruling.  Apparently, there was a brawl at a school.  Two boys were suspended but then denied permission to attend the district's alternative-learning center.  The court ruled that there is no fundamental or statutory right to provide alternative schooling for students who are violent or disruptive.  While I understand that the district has safety concerns, how is this helping those students?  Aren't we just dooming those students to that life?  Instead of trying to help, doesn't this perpetuate an uneducated, potentially violent life?  As a society, we owe it to these students and to ourselves to help them overcome their troubles, or we'll end up paying for their crimes and imprisonment.