“But the state attorney’s office concluded the matter did not meet the criteria for emotional child abuse, so no criminal charges will be filed, Steele said.”
Now I see why there are so many lawsuits clogging our court system. It’s our only recourse against these incredibly arrogant and abusive public employees.
Does that mean they are still shopping for a doctor?
These kids are powerful....voting a kid out of class!
Can they vote our Congressmen out of office!
The new motto in America ... “get offended and sue”.
Of course a disruptive 5-year-old would be unwanted in a class of little kids but the adult in charge - the teacher - is absolutely at fault for instructing the little children in her care to 'vote' whether or not the disruptive child should have to leave the class. They're 5 years old and self-centered, like many adults and, frankly, almost all little kids are.
My guess is that the teacher wanted the disruptive kid out and figured she could use the children's 'votes' to justify having him taken out of her class.
The school will be sued and lose and the teacher should be fired for incompetence. That she was stupid enough to assume this lame ploy would not backfire or that the disruptive child's parents wouldn't complain and be angry, demonstrates her ignorance and incompetence.
Another reason to homeschool.
By a 14 to 2 margin, the students voted Alex -- who is in the process of being diagnosed with autism -- out of the class.
Melissa Barton filed a complaint with Morningside's school resource officer, who investigated the matter, Port St. Lucie Department spokeswoman Michelle Steele said. But the state attorney's office concluded the matter did not meet the criteria for emotional child abuse, so no criminal charges will be filed, Steele said.
Just what is the criteria for emotional child abuse in Florida? This is horrible, the kindergartner didn't act like the others so the teacher let them humiliate him with personal criticism and then voted him out of their class!
When my son was in grade school there was one child that probably had Asperger's Syndrome. He played alone, couldn't seem to react with the other kids. He was intelligent, but socially unresponsive. So what? He never harmed anyone, he never hurt anyone, and no one was ever allowed to tease him. But this was in a private Christian school, and a not public school.
Aw, come on. The teacher was just giving the kids a lesson in popular culture. Didn’t some recent TV show allow the majority to vote someone off the island? /s off
btw, I am dealing with this issue myself.
As my dad would often say: Sue the bastards!!! Idiot teacher....
In 20 years, these empowered little kiddies will be wandering through the geriatric wards voting on whom to kick off the island.
The “teacher” should be fired - unless her job is to teach sadism to small children...
Collective vs. Individual BUMP!