Quote Originally Posted by halo

Storm Crow speaks the truth here. Private schools will accept you if you can afford it. I go to a private school and kids have been caught smoking weed at school and have not gotten expelled but only suspended and had a bunch of detentions. Private schools care more about you than public schools do. If you apply to a local private school and explain what happens they will probably let you in if you say youre determined to work hard because you want to get into college.
Private schools definitely do not care more about students. Maybe it's because of the funding, but when I switched to public after my sophomore year I was amazed at how many programs and how much the teachers actually cared about your work. I admit my private school was a piece of shit regardless, but all private schools I've come across are just in it for the money.

Public schools are a lot more bureaucratic, though.. and they have standards and political correctness that they have to adhere to. And I'm pretty certain that the public school system cannot disallow you to attend school. If there's another public school in your district I'm almost certain you can attend it.