“There was a lot of verbal retaliation…,” she said. “There was one point where someone in the locker room put a peanut butter granola bar in his backpack.”

The concerned mom went to the school board to report the peanut incident. She was then told that it did not qualify as bullying.

A Lake Travis Independent School District representative explained to PEOPLE: “Under the Texas Education Code, bullying is a very specific behavior, and is defined as an act or pattern of acts that physically harms a student or materially and substantially disrupts the educational process. Upon concluding our investigation, it was determined that the legal elements of bullying were not met.”

Carter eventually moved schools.

What would you do if your child was subjected to something like this? Let us know in the comments.