I was put on admin leave due to a parent lie
Hello everyone, Long story short, I was placed on admin leave due to a student lying to their parents to get out of being trouble. The student claimed that I stepped on their hand while they were on the floor. (All other students and the other adult in the room said otherwise) parents were talked to about this students behavior the same day by my manager and the manager was never told about this incident. The next day however, the student did not return and my manager was contacted by parents who stated their student was “traumatized” that I stepped on his hand supposedly. A few days later, I was brought up to the from office with my manager and got talked to by both the principal and two officers. During this conversation, they made accusations that I hurt the child in question yet I would do no such thing. I’ve been on admin leave since the beginning of April and am slated to come back, however, the student in question has recently been saying things to other students who, in turn, are reporting it to their teachers. I know what you’re going to say, I shouldn’t be in contact with staff at all. A ton of staff were great friends with me prior to starting this job and are keeping me in the loop. The thing that bother me the most is what exactly this student has been saying to other students. Claims such as “I got him fired” and “my mom and dad say he’s a pedophile and doesn’t need to be here anyway” This genuinely hurts me to my core…I don’t know if I can take any sort of legal action due to this because of my image in the district. My director doesn’t seem to care at all about this and yet my own manager has been doing everything he can to bring me back to this school. I need advice please!