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Simply put, this is disgusting. 

After each classmate was allowed to say what they didn’t like about
(Melissa) Barton’s 5-year-old son, Alex, his Morningside Elementary teacher Wendy
Portillo said they were going to take a vote, Barton said.

By a 14 to 2 margin, the students voted Alex — who is in the process of being diagnosed with autism — out of the class.

The diagnosis process had begun in February and it appears to be Asperger’s syndrome. This is gonna leave a mark.

The other students said he was “disgusting” and “annoying,” Barton said.

“He was incredibly upset,” Barton said. “The only friend he has ever made in his life was forced to do this.”

St. Lucie School’s spokeswoman Janice Karst said the district is
investigating the incident, but could not make any further comment.

Vern Melvin, Department of Children and Families circuit administrator,
confirmed the agency is investigating an allegation of abuse at
Morningside but said he could not elaborate.