I'm an elementary teacher, and have taught quite a few kids with Asperger's Syndrome. A couple of them didn't get formally diagnosed until fifth grade -- age 10 or 11. It is not some huge disability that would be readily diagnosed -- especially by a parent. Parents adapt to their kids' idiosyncrasies and adjust to their child's unique rate of development -- disabled or "normal".

A child with Asperger's would likely not be acting too terribly differently than quite a few other kindergarten students -- especially since, let's face it, a lot of non-disabled kids are still out of control for many other reasons. The disability doesn't in any way keep a child from learning, and though a child with Asperger's could benefit from (and should receive) special support, there's no reason why the child should be placed in a special classroom -- much less a special school.

Sure, in a perfect world, we'd have all the disruptive students out of a class so that the non-disruptive kids could learn. But in addition to the kids with disabilities, that also means the bullies, the class clowns, the chatterboxes, and the kids who are rude and unmotivated to learn. That would make for a pretty darn small classroom...!

I think this teacher should have her certification revoked, because she did damage to ALL her class -- not just the little boy who was voted out. Those kids were put into a situation where they were encouraged to be publicly unkind to another child -- and they now have in the back of their minds that if they don't play their cards right, this could happen to them as well.

Kindergarten is confusing enough for some of these kids without having to deal with teachers who do inexplicable things like this...!