My 6 year old was kicked out of his school because they think we reported them to the city

My 6 year old, let’s call him Jacob, goes to a school that has classes from the ages of 1 month old to 6 years old. About a month ago we received the message which basically stated that some students may have seen other students engaging in inappropriate behavior but at the time I thought it was a general message to the class and didn’t realize that they specifically mentioned my son as a witness. I went to pickup Jacob like any other day. There is no specific pick up time so teachers usually update parents on what they been doing, and how their child’s day went. However, on that specific day even though the teacher had two assistants with her. No one came to speak to me on that day. However, Jacob was way more talkative about his school day than ever before. He never has any details about his school day so it was surprising when he wanted to speak about it.

Apparently, two classmates who have a history of bullying him pulled him into a corner during recess and threatened to call over a girl “who hits really hard and fast even when she is playing around.” And then in his words “I saw their privates.” He told me this while we were driving home. I was shocked, and called me wife to share. As we drove home, my wife drove up to the school to follow up and get more information. However, his teachers had already left for the day. Jacob stayed home for two weeks because he was scared to return to school. My wife requested a meeting and they gave us a meeting two weeks later. During the meeting my wife feared that the staff would treat him unfairly for the remainder of the school year so she made it a point to let them know that she loves the school and that his teachers are amazing. She simply requested some kind of plan to reintegrate isa and support him. We also decided that we will take him to school for just half a day daily so that recess isn’t a part of his day. She also asked me to control my self so that this can go smoothly and I stayed quiet. A week or so later while isa was in school, his school called and said that there is an investigator there. Jacob sees a play therapist on a biweekly basis and she stated that she would have to report what happened because she is a mandated reporter. I rushed to the school because I knew Jacob would be scared and think he was in trouble because that is the kind of kid he is. The investigator was super unprofessional. She used the school’s office to interview the kids but kept the door wide open with the school administrators sitting right outside the door. Jacob was asked a few simply questions and the only one related to the event or the school was “did anything happen in the school yard” mind you it had been about three weeks since the event and she didn’t specify so Jacob said no and that was the end of it. A few days later we received an email from the school which stated that they were withdrawing my son because “As you can appreciate, the care and education we provide at ****, is based on trust.  There appears to be very little of that left in our relationship at this point.” I was so surprised and confused at how this played out. Mind you we pay about $326 a week to send Jacob here. My wife and I don’t see eye on eye on what we should do. She wants to move on and leave it all behind us but I feel that my child has been wronged repeatedly in this situation. He was the one that was bullied in the school yard, had these girls break his innocence and expose themselves to him while threatening him. We have not raised our voice, cursed or vented in anyway about this situation. The girls who exposed themselves still go to that school while my son has been kicked out. Felt like it was retaliation because they think we reported them to the city which we did not. I also requested to see the video footage of the event but I was told only one staff member has access to it and that person wasn’t present. Any advice. This took place in Savannah, Georgia.

Location: Savannah, Georgia