The bullies these days do not care and not only that they carry weapons, and so, even if you are being bullied nowadays, then your choices are to either move, (which isn't an option because many people can't afford to do this) allow them to beat you to death with their hands, fight back and defend yourself and win or lose, you'll be dead anyway, because the bully will then have killed you after school with a bullet because you 'disrespected them and made them look like a punk, and for that you have to die."
The school doesn't care at all, because they know that even if the victim's parents pull funding for it, there will be many others that will still pay for their kids to go there, especially if the school supports bullying in this fashion. The school won't care because they will get money regardless of what happens and the only way they will care, is if someone snaps, brings a gun to school and starts shooting the place up and ends their own life as well.
Only then, will the school be forced to deal with the situation, and realize that bullying is a serious problem, and their only response to it will be the installation of metal detectors. The bullying will then continue from that point forward. The bullying will continue and they will only get more bold because they now know that the schools and the media will protect them.
Violence is the only option where today's bullies are concerned and so, you can either move, and be put into another situation where you will be bullied, or you can simply pick your death. Suicide, be beaten to death by your bullies or fight back, and win or lose, be shot to death for disrespecting your bully and making them look like a punk.
This has actually happened, and it is usually from those with ties to gangs.