http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/may/23/st-lucie-teacher-has-class-vote-whether-5-year-old/
A kindergarten teacher in Florida is getting more attention than she anticipated when she decided to have her students share, publicly, what they did not like about their classmate, and then vote on whether or not he should be allowed to stay in class.
The boy was voted out of class, 14-2.
The child is in the process of being evaluated for special needs and subsequent (we hope!) accommodation, although it is suspected that he has Asperger Syndrome and ADHD. Why that evaluation process, which was begun in February, has not yet been completed is anyone's guess.
This story reminded me of when my son was in Montessori preschool, and the other children were taught that he was "the bad boy." The teachers liked to joke, to me and to other parents, about how they sent my son out of the classroom whenever there were visitors, so he would not reflect badly on the school. Just think, I was paying good money to have people like that care for my child....
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