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First Published Tuesday, 27th May, 2008.

By CARA FITZPATRICK

Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

PORT ST. LUCIE ­ A teacher, who last week asked her kindergarten students to
vote on whether a fellow classmate could stay in the class, has been removed
from contact with students while district officials conduct an investigation
into her behavior.

Wendy Portillo, a teacher at Morningside Elementary for nine years, brought
a 5-year-old boy to the front of the classroom last Wednesday, instructed
her students to tell him why they didn’t like him, and then asked them to
vote on whether they wanted him to stay in the room, according to a police
report.

The students voted 14-2 to have him leave.

Portillo has been reassigned to the St. Lucie County School District offices
during the investigation.

Source:  http://www.palmbeachpost.com/treasurecoast/content/tcoast/epaper/2008/05/27/0527slteacher.html