CALLAHAN, Fla. – A Florida mom says her four-year-old was expelled from his preschool over a message she posted on her personal Facebook page.
Ashley Habat says she and her son will were running late for school. It was picture day at Sonshine Christian Academy, a private religious school.
“The administrator of the preschool checking him in she’s like ‘Well, it’s picture day Will, are you excited?’ And 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,’” Habat said.
So Habat says she took to Facebook, saying she just wanted to vent her frustrations.
The post read, “Why is it that every single day there is something new I dislike about Will’s school? Are my standards really too high or are people working in the education field really just that ignorant.”
Habat seemed unaware that the school would be able to see it, even though she tagged the academy in the post.
“They couldn’t see it, it was private to my friends only,” Habat said.
The next morning, she received a call asking her to stop by when she dropped off her son.
“They just felt like we weren’t the right fit of parent relationship with the school and that they didn’t want him as a student anymore. He had done nothing wrong,” Habat said.
“Your relationship with Sonshine did not get off to a very good start the first day of school,” the letter of dismissal said. “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.”
“I was in shock. Why would you expel a four-year-old over something his mom posts on her private Facebook page only people on her friends list can see?” Habat said.