Thursday, November 20, 2008
Teacher suspended for letting class vote out autistic boy
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An autistic kindergarten boy is being homeschooled, and his teacher has been suspended for asking his peers to vote on whether he could remain in the class. Alex Barton, 5, lost the vote 14 to 2.
Barton, a former student at Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie, Fla., had received two discipline referrals to the principal’s office on May 21, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported. The school was aware that Barton was in the process of being tested for Asperger’s Syndrome. Full Piece
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