She's at it again.

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Remember Portillo, the Florida teacher who allowed her student to vote an

autistic student out of class? She's at it again.

 

http://www.wflx.com/Global/story.asp?S=13089647 

 PORT ST. LUCIE (WFLX) - A local teacher, who made headlines for letting her

students vote an Autistic child out of class, is under scrutiny once again.

who made headlines for letting her students vote an Autistic child out of class,

is under scrutiny once again.

Federal investigators say Portillo and two other teachers failed to

provide an appropriate education for a little girl who was partially deaf.

Now, the school district has been ordered to correct the situation.

Portillo was in trouble in 2008 after she allowed her kindergarten

students to vote a little boy with autism out of their classroom.

The youngster, 5-year-old Barton, was humiliated. That was at Morningside

Elementary, and Portillo was suspended for a year. She now teaches at Allapattah

Flats in Port St. Lucie.

Federal investigators, however, have determined Portillo discriminated against a

child with a disability at that school. " I think its disgraceful, " said 's

mother, Barton.

She says the latest revelations about Portillo are unfortunate. " It's very

saddening to me to see that this is still taking place with the same teacher, "

Barton continued.

In the latest case, a report from the U.S. Department of Education Office for

Civil Rights found evidence that Portillo and two other teachers discriminated

against a girl with a hearing impairment at Allapattah Flats K-8 School.

The teachers were supposed to wear a microphone whenever the girl was in their

classroom, so she could hear them. But the girl claimed sometimes they did not

wear it.

Her mother filed a complaint with the Department of Education saying the school

district and the three teachers denied her daughter the right to a free and

appropriate public education.

Among the allegations in the report:

" That one teacher never wore the microphone and screamed and yelled at the

student to pay closer attention. "

The report says another wore the microphone, but did not turn it on, and

" laughed sarcastically in the face of the student " .

Federal investigators found, " The weight of the evidence establishes that the

microphone was not being used by all three teachers consistently every day " .

" I can't say that I am surprised, " said Barton. " I fought very hard to correct

this district and correct this teacher, and here we are again! "

The hearing-impaired girl no longer attends Allapattah Flats. Her mother took

her out of the school.

Portillo was unavaiable for comment nor a spokesperson for the school

district. Meanwhile, the district has been ordered to provide re-training for

Portillo and the other two teachers.

 

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