4yr old daughter told me her teacher hurt her today

I could write a novel but I'll keep this as short as possible and clarify if needed.My daughter is 4 years old and attends a preschool class in the center where I work. She has been attending for about 6 months. She has occassionaly come home with bumps and bruises. If I haven't talked to her primary teacher that day or revived an incident report she always, correctly, tells me what happened. I follow up the next day and her story and the teacher's has always matched. Until today.Today from the Jr. Preschool playground, I saw T's class lining up outside their classroom to go to the playground. I saw the teacher holding T's hand. T was crying very hard. The teacher told me, across the playground, that T had just hurt herself.The teacher told me that T was throwing a toy into the air and it hit her in the face, causing a mark and brusing under T's right eye.At home, I asked T why she was throwing a toy and showed her in the mirror how her body was hurt. She told me "I didn't throw a toy, the teacher threw a pencil at me because I wasn't listening." At this point I had my husband ask her what happened to her eye, making sure not to ask any leading questions. T told him the same thing she told me.T told us that the teacher was upset that she wasn't listening to her while they lined up to go outside. She was in the classroom while the rest of the class was lining up. The teacher then threw her pencil at her, hitting her under the eye while yelling at her to "GET OUTSIDE". T said that the teacher then grabbed her hand and they went outside to the big kid playground.T has a mark under her right eye. A spot where it broke her skin and what looks like the start of a black eye. We took photos and also documented T telling us what happened on video, making sure not to ask any leading questions.I know my daughter and trust what she says. I know she is telling the truth. The situation is a bit messy because I work at this center. The teacher in question has worked with the owner for 15 years. I do not see this teacher being disciplined at all.My husband and I feel that our primary job as T's parents is to make sure she is in an environment that is safe and where she can thrive. We no longer feel that this center is the best fit for her. This situation is not something we are willing to compromise on. Our trust and confidence is gone and we feel our only option is to pull our daughter. I am also putting in my 2 weeks notice, in order to stay at home with her while we find a center we feel comfortable with.I'm looking for an objective opinion and would like to know if you think pulling her is an over reaction.How would you react?my child has a very strong personality and is very challenging for her teacher. Another note is that her primary teacher and other teachers constantly are amazed at how well my child remebers everything and how she always knows what happened in her classroom. They've remarked about that on multiple occasions.Apologies for formatting, I'm on mobile. via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2mvM18H