For the life of me, I can’t fathom why you are asking strangers what to do.
Since you did post this thread here is my opinion you can mull over or just pass by.
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OPINION:
Contact the school principal and STATE to the principal what you want to do which is:
1. See the child who allegedly spread false accusations suspended.
2. Move your child to another school.
3. You will be contacting an attorney to review this incident with him/her. The attorney may/may not be in touch with the school.
4. Contact the police department and speak with an officer regarding your options on filing a report on the child who allegedly lied to the police about your child.
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Now, why don’t you and your spouse sit down and ask yourselves why you want your children in public school?
There are so many experts on FR that I have sometimes come to this forum to get a starting-point.
Just a way to vent I guess. There are some goods minds on this board. Knowledge is power.
There is also the possibility that a third child, not the one who received the note, wrote it and signed the name of the innocent girl.
“Now, why don’t you and your spouse sit down and ask yourselves why you want your children in public school?”
Cost, for most. Further, the same kind of farce plays out in private schools I can assure you. Homeschoolers can get similar grief from malicious enemies or officious busybodies or angry spouses.
1. No school is going to allow a parent to specify disciplinary action against any child.
2.Moving schools is not realistic because attendance is by zones. You can move to a private school or homeschool.
3.If you have $250/hour to waste on an attorney, good for you! All you’ll do is enrich the attorney
4.A better recourse is to write the School Board with a calm, factual and non-threatening letter and work things through the bureaucracy. You can’t get in a “way back” machine and undo things. What you can do is influence the district’s procedures and guidelines for handling situations in the future.
5.I spent my career running public schools. First, people make mistakes, sometimes stupid mistakes. That’s inevitable. Second, among kids situations like these have a shelf life of about two days. Life is not always fair.
He's not asking strangers, he's asking FReepers. I have gotten myself out of a pickle or two with FReeper advice. See, the best things about asking FReepers for advice is that you'll most likely get something objective and without emotion.