CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Plymouth-Canton Community Schools' officials say students were disciplined, but can't by law say what it was.
Zach Greenshields says kids sang the Barney the Dinosaur song to him on the school playground with a very serious tone.
"I hate you, you hate me. Let's get together and kill Zachary. With a big shotgun, shoot him in the head, guess what now, Zach is dead," Greenshields said.
Zach's father Dan Greenshields said "its heartbreaking to hear those stories and you can't do anything."
The parents say the bullying started in February on the playground of Field Elementary in Canton Township. Zach had his coat ripped by another student 3 times. The third time was a new coat. They ended up in the principal's office and Zach said it was an accident. He didn't want anyone to get into trouble.
But after that is when several students sang the threatening song to Zach.
Frank Ruggirello, of the school district, showed Local 4 several emails between school officials and parents to solve the problem.
An email dated March 2 from Zach's mom said, "I believe things are going better."
"I feel comfortable the teacher and principal responded appropriately" says Ruggirello.
The parents say the last straw was this week, a student talent show during which Zach told a joke with the word acid. School officials said it was too close to someone's back side and Zach needed to write a letter of apology.
"That's ridiculous," said Dan Greenshields.
Ruggirello says the other students were disciplined, but they cannot tell parents what it was under state law.
Zach has been pulled from class and the parents want him assigned to a different school.
They also have a daughter in kindergarten in the same school and they say she's doing fine.
The family is new to the Plymouth-Canton schools this year.