Student voted out of kindergarten class receives $350,000 settlement

[The Straight Story]

Student voted out of kindergarten class receives $350,000 settlement

The case of Alex Barton, who was voted out of his Morningside Elementary kindergarten classroom three years ago, has officially ended with a $350,000 settlement.

U.S. District Judge Donald Graham approved the structured settlement and dismissed the case Wednesday, documents show.

About $150,000 of the money will be paid in a structured settlement, starting in 2020, when Alex Barton is 18, and continuing until 2032. The remaining $200,000 will be paid within 30 days.

The settlement is with the St. Lucie County School Board and the St. Lucie County School Classroom Teachers Association.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/fl-voted-out-of-class-settlement-20110203,0,5196705.story

[Kennah]

1. So do we get to vote the teacher off the island?

[SoCalDem]

2. They should have aldso kicked in a tuition-free education at a private school in the area.

they are going to take TWELVE years to pay out 150K?? WTF with that?

[elehhhhna]

7. but the parents or lawyers get 200k now? Kid got screwed maybe, huh?

[NYC Liberal]

3. Gotta love the comments:

"I'm sorry to sound cold, but I'm sick of how much extra time and money we spend on these people who will never be a fully funtional member of society. It's redictulas, the kid was being a brat, I don't care if he was geniticly inclined to be a brat.

We must ask ourselfs, when our school systems can't afford to fully educate our normal students, why are we dumping so much money on teaching 16 years olds how to count to five and tye there shoes. Let's spend it on bringing the productive members up to par."

[FLAprogressive]

4. I think that's a parody....no one, even the dumbest freeper, doesn't spell that poorly.

[Fumesucker]

6. I disagree..

Yes, lots of people spell that badly, or worse.. :scared:

[JuniperLea]

10. Sure they do...

I'm series! This is HUGH! Quit casting asparagus!

[rhett o rick]

13. I like asparagus!

[JuniperLea]

14. Me too!

Why would anyone want to cast them? Unless they are being cast in a new veggie play...

[rhett o rick]

21. No, no, you are using the wrong definition. Cast like throw. They want to throw the

asparagus. Maybe at a Rocky Horror Picture Show play in lieu of a veggie play. Please tell me you've experienced a Rocky Horror Picture show.

[JuniperLea]

22. Never in full dress...

But I have been known to carry a newspaper and some rice... and I do loves me some Frankenfurter!



I've been a huge Tim Curry fan ever since!

[rhett o rick]

26. Bravo. No lie, we took some tofu weiners to distribute.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLGADzaOTy0

[JuniperLea]

28. That's HOT!

What an amazing performace he gave in that flick! It freaks me out how much I love him! LOL!

Thanks for the link... great montage, and I'm a sucker for peppy tunes with dark lyrics;)

[Manifestor_of_Light]

29. Hey, I read Scientific Asparagus!! It's a good magazine!!

:D

[JuniperLea]

31. LOL!

Oh dear... this thread is growing funnier all the time!

[NYC Liberal]

16. I dunno, I've seen some pretty damn stupid Freepers...

[Fumesucker]

5. ...

:wow:

:rofl:

It's really too damn bad that stupidity isn't painful..

[JuniperLea]

9. You made that up! Really?

:rofl:

All this time I thought redictulas was a kind of spider!

[immoderate]

11. I remember that guy. He was holding up a sign...

The sign prompted people to "get" something. Trying to remember...x(

--imm

[NYC Liberal]

17. Or this guy

[pnorman]

18. "GET A BRAIN! MORAN"?

[XanaDUer]

23. Sarcasm?

I hope.

[ashling]

27. I have college students who's spelling is worse than that

[JuniperLea]

30. No doubt!

I get resumes from ivy league grads that are so horrible we sometimes redact names and post them in the office as a warning... don't do this... and please don't hire this!

I figure there are some Ws out there with Poppy alumni pulling strings. I can't imagine how this could happen otherwise. Our receptionist has a far better command of the language.

[gristy]

33. ahem

whose?

[SaveAmerica]

8. That story is sad but you have to read the first comment at the bottom - irony alert!

"I'm sorry to sound cold, but I'm sick of how much extra time and money we spend on these people who will never be a fully funtional member of society. It's redictulas, the kid was being a brat, I don't care if he was geniticly inclined to be a brat.


We must ask ourselfs, when our school systems can't afford to fully educate our normal students, why are we dumping so much money on teaching 16 years olds how to count to five and tye there shoes. Let's spend it on bringing the productive members up to par."

Spell check is going bananas with this one.

[Rex]

12. You are the weakest link...er on second thought here is 350k

goodbye!

[rhett o rick]

15. In many of these cases the appeals go on for years and the settlements end up a lot less.

Like the Exxon Valdez and the lady burned by the McDonald's coffee.

And if the award stands, the wrong people are being punished.

[wryter2000]

19. Here's an illuminating response

I'm sorry to sound cold, but I'm sick of how much extra time and money we spend on these people who will never be a fully funtional member of society. It's redictulas, the kid was being a brat, I don't care if he was geniticly inclined to be a brat.

We must ask ourselfs, when our school systems can't afford to fully educate our normal students, why are we dumping so much money on teaching 16 years olds how to count to five and tye there shoes. Let's spend it on bringing the productive members up to par.

[wryter2000]

20. LOL

Three of us posted this. :rofl: It's a classic.

[JuniperLea]

32. Great minds and all that!

:rofl:

Plus, we're all so into the Freeperisms, this kind of thing really hits you in the face!

[Jefferson23]

24. I agree with the child's Mom that money can't take care of what

the district did to her family. BUT, it's not bad, the child will have some money for his education and
hopefully it will be through caring and TRAINED staff.

[Blue_Tires]

25. holy damn...Had I known that being troublesome in class would get me paid

:bounce: