Boyfriends daughter brought a knife got suspended for bringing a knife to school

I was nervous to make this post. Especially with the political climate we are in. I really don't feel like dealing with rude transphobic comments. If you want to comment things like that then go write in your diary and leave it off this post please.

My boyfriend has a transgender daughter. Born a male. Transitioned to female. And honestly she's very pretty. If she went to a completely different school different school where no one knew her pre transition nobody would know. There is a boy who goes to her school who has made her life hell. We've been dealing with bullying for a while now. He was extremely transphobic towards her. We got a call that she is suspended the rest of the year because she had a knife on her at school.

The reason she told she had been bringing a knife because apparently she had been bringing this knife for over two weeks was for when she walks home. She walks to and from school. She has debate club and walks home during the night. She didn't tell us that this same boy we had issues with followed her after debate. He "apologized" for how he treated her and confessed some feelings for her. She obviously doesn't share the feelings. She said he got aggressive and forced her to kiss him and for a minute she thought he was gonna kill her..

She said she didn't tell her because going to the school about bullying or harassment has never helped her. Her school has never helped her. They just make it worse so she decided she would just defend herself and things got out of hand again. She doesn't want us going to the school about it because it never helps. I feel like we should not just let this slide. She's 16 and I know she thinks she can handle this and we want to respect her boundaries while also protecting her