School woes

Hi everyone,
I need your help. The kids are having such a hard time adjusting to school. I know it has only been 2 weeks. However, in that time, they are getting bullied by other kids, watching their teachers hit other students for misbehaving, and they do not appear to be learning anything. Everything they are learning so far seems to be at least a couple of grades (or more) below where they should be. Jensen's math teacher gives them an assignment, and then leaves the room for the rest of the period. Jensen is the only one who knows how to do the work, so she ends up helping everyone in the class. In Dustin's math class, his teacher has hit a student for misbehaving, and has sent Dustin to the office because he forgot to do one math problem. At lunch time, the kids sit in a classroom to eat their lunch, and other students throw balls at them and hit them over the head with hula hoops! Not to mention that neither one of them will use the bathrooms there because they are so disgusting.

In most cases, I think I would pull my kids out of the school without a second thought. However here, there are not really any better options. My only other option is to home school them. I am reluctant to do that because I feel that a big part of this experience is to learn how to deal with adverse conditions, and learn how to deal with people from other countries and cultures. They are definitely getting exposed to many cultures at this school. The school is predominately Indian, where most of the teachers wear full saris to school, and many of the children wear head coverings. There are Congolese children, children from Belgium, Zambia, South Africa, and England, as well as children who are Muslim. They wear the school uniform, but wear long pants and long sleeves under the uniform, as well as a head covering. My children are definitely the minority! As far as I know, there is only one other little girl there who is from the US. Her dad works with Bill, and I am good friends with her mom. They are from El Paso, TX.

I'm also reluctant to home school because Jensen needs the structure and the social stimulation of school. She does not do well on her own--she is not super motivated, and will only do what she needs to do to get by, especially if she is not challenged.

So, I am asking for opinions! I know there are a lot of educators who read my blog, so I am especially reaching out to you for your opinions. I'm looking for suggestions, ideas, comments, anything!

Thanks!
Laurie