5-Year-Old Kicked Out Of School For Calling 911

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. -- The Osceola School district spent much of Thursday afternoon deciding the fate of 5-year-old child. The crime that almost got him kicked out of kindergarten was calling 911.

 

Jaquarious Fisher told Eyewitness News he made the 911 call from a Highlands Elementary classroom. That got him suspended. The 5-year-old told his grandmother it was 991, but an Osceola County emergency operator called the school.

 

Police were never dispatched, but Amanda Jones' grandson was recommended for a two-year expulsion. Expulsion would force Jones to pay for private education or home school.

 

"I mean what does that say about the school system? Don't you think that's a little young for a 2-year expulsion?" Amanda questioned.

 

Eyewitness News asked the district if it was just a case of a 5-year-old being a 5-year-old. The district said it doesn't comment on disciplinary cases, but they gave Eyewitness News a penalty sheet. In the case of making a 911 call, the punishment is a mandatory recommendation of expulsion and age is not a factor.

 

"I'm saying I care what happens to my grandson, he needs to be educated," Amanda said.

 

Jaquarious has been disciplined before for fence climbing, book bag swinging and hitting another kindergartner. Amanda was hoping her grandson could get a fresh start in another classroom. He was offered a seat at an alternative school along second and third graders.

 

"He's not on their level. What's that going to do for him," she said.

 

Because Jaquarious wasn't enrolled in the alternative school, his family will be bound by the school board's decision, which was handed down Thursday afternoon. Jaquarious will be allowed to finish out the year in alternative school and next year he can return to Highlands Elementary.