Connor Eisenhauer, 8, says one attack by a bully left him with chipped front teeth. (CBC)

The parents of an eight-year-old Halifax boy who say he has been relentlessly bullied want him to be transferred to another school, but officials say that isn't necessary.

Connor Eisenhauer, a Grade 3 student at Rockingstone Heights School in Spryfield, has been the victim of bullies at least twice a week, his parents say.

Once, on the walk home from school, another child "kicked me in the face and chipped my teeth," Connor said Tuesday. "It really hurt."

But officials at Connor's school say a transfer isn't the answer, his mother, Christina Eisenhauer, said Tuesday after meeting with vice-principal Trina Canavan.

For now, the school is going to allow Connor to leave five minutes early, Eisenhauer said. This will give him a head start so he can get home before bullies reach him.

But the early dismissal time doesn't satisfy Connor's mom.

"I'm just to the point where it's emotionally stressful for me" Eisenhauer said. " Like this morning, when I was up there talking to Ms. Canavan, I literally broke down crying, telling her, like, my son comes home in tears telling me he's scared to go to school.

"I've had enough of it, and I know he's had enough of it."

There have been meetings with the school principal, and even the police, but the bullying hasn't stopped.

The Halifax Regional School Board declined to discuss how it's dealing with the matter, but in an email to CBC News said: "Any time a student and/or parent brings forward concerns, those concerns are treated seriously and investigated thoroughly. We always work closely with the family to find solutions and we will continue to do so."

Connor said the bullies didn't even let up on him during summer vacation.

One day during the summer, he was riding his bike along a path when he was surrounded by a group of kids. They fired a BB gun at his head. The impact of the bullets was enough to damage his helmet.