I should go to jail daily! http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/florida-boy-arrested-gas-attack
It was obviously a scare tactic. If you read the article, he has been disrupting class for some time. He goes around and turns of computers, etc. The parents either need to whip him or his parents need to be whipped.
Looks like this was from 2008. I'd be curious to see an update. If he farting in middle school, he's no doubt burning bags of poop on doorsteps now.