Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Can You Believe This?

Kindergartener Voted Out By Students

(CBS) A Port St. Lucie, Fla., mother is outraged and considering legal action after her son's kindergarten teacher led his classmates to vote him out of class.

Melissa Barton says Morningside Elementary teacher Wendy Portillo had her son's classmates say what they didn't like about 5-year-old Alex. She says the teacher then had the students vote, and voted Alex, who is being evaluated for Asperger's syndrome -- an autism spectrum disorder -- out of the class by a 14-2 margin.

…The state attorney's office concluded the matter did not meet the criteria for emotional child abuse, so no criminal charges will be filed.


I am not a lawyer but it seems to me that there are anti-discrimination that protect the rights of the mentally disabled and also federal laws about integrating special needs children into the classroom.

3 comments:

  1. That is incredibly cruel. I can't believe it.

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  2. What in the hell was the teacher thinking?

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  3. That poor child. My 7 year-old nephew has Asperger's. His teacher's solution was to make him repeat the 2nd grade. My sister said no way and she's homeschooling him now. A lot of kids that don't fit the "normal mold" are being homeschooled because teachers don't want to deal with them.

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