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Teacher Admits Kicking 5-Yr.-Old Out Of Class, After 'Survivor-Like' Vote By Peers
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| QUOTE | You've heard of the TV show Survivor? Now imagine if it were played in real life - and wound up with a five-year-old boy being voted out of kindergarten by his peers. The mother of little Alex Barton has decided to sue authorities in St. Lucie, Florida over what she sees as a bizarre and unfair judgment on the part of a teacher and her class.
The youngster (top left) was constantly getting in trouble in class on May 21st, wearing his shoes on the wrong feet, throwing crayons, hiding under a desk and being generally disruptive. His teacher, Wendy Portillo, sent him to the principal's office several times, hoping it would scare some sense back into the little boy.
But when he returned again and again and his behaviour didn't improve, the Morningside Elementary School teacher called the child up to the front of the class and announced there would be a vote on whether young Alex would be allowed to stay with the other kids.
"She stood him up at the front of the classroom and asked each child, in her words, to tell Alex what we don't like about him," angry mom Melissa Barton relates. "It must have been so crushing for him to hear you're annoying, you're disgusting. We don't want you here."
Portillo readily admits that's what happened but insists she was simply trying to show the youngster how irritating his behaviour was to others and give his classmates the option to say whether he' should be allowed back into class that day.
And she then held the bizarre Survivor-like vote. It wasn't a surprise when the rest of his peers effectively voted him off the 'school island.' Alex was sent home, much to the chagrin of his outraged parents. Not long after, they learned the roots of the youngster's problems - their son had autism, a syndrome that affects the ability to relate to others and communicate in a normal way.
Alex has been home ever since, with no place to go and no one to teach him. And the local school board has since moved Portillo to other non-teaching duties as the probe into what really happened that day continues.
That wasn't enough for the family, who have now sued the board for civil damages. "It's not Survivor," asserts Melissa. "This is kindergarten. This is reality."
It's still not clear what school Alex will be going back to in the fall, but the family is sure of one thing - for this Survivor of the local education system, it won't be Morningside. |
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