A Florida mom got her 4-year-old child expelled from a school over a message she posted on her Facebook page.
Ashley Habat said that she and her son, Will, were running late for school at Sonshine Christian Academy in Callahan, FL., when she discovered it was also picture day.
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“The administrator of the preschool checking him in, she’s like ‘Well, it’s picture day Will. Are you excited?'” said Habat. “You know he, of course, just went on to class, but I had mentioned that they didn’t give enough notice, and she’s like, ‘Well, we put it in his folder last week.'”
A frustrated Habat went to Facebook and posted the following:
Why is that every single day, there is something new I dislikes about Will’s school? Are my standards really too high, or are people working in the education field really just that ignorant. source
Although Habat said it was a private post to her friends only, she also tagged the school in the post, either way, the school administration got wind of her comments.
The school called her the next morning and asked her to stop by the campus, issuing her a letter of dismissal.
The notice read: “Your relationship with Sonshine did not get off to a very good start the first day of school…you utilized social media to call into question not only the integrity, but the intelligence of our staff. These actions are also consistent with sowing discord, which is spoken of in the handbook you signed.”
Habat concluded, “Why would you expel a 4-year-old over something his mom posts on her private Facebook page only people on her friend’s list can see?”
