Kindergarten teacher’s punishment upheld by judge
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 by TCPalm.comTC Palm
The St. Lucie County kindergarten teacher who held a vote to oust 5-year-old Alex Barton from his classroom lost her appeal for reinstatement.
Administrative law judge Claude Arrington upheld the St. Lucie School Board’s decision to suspend Wendy Portillo for a year without pay and remove her tenure.
Schools Superintendent Michael Lannon, who testified at the hearing that he would not recommend she be allowed to teach in a district elementary school, said he had not yet read through the order and declined to comment.

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