Mother's Facebook post gets son expelled from preschool

JACKSONVILLE, FL (KTRK) -- A mother claims her 4-year-old son was expelled from preschool because of a private message she posted on her personal Facebook page.

Ashley Habat says she didn't realize it was picture day when she dropped her son off at 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 told WJXT News.

Habat didn't say anything else and instead went on Facebook to vent her frustrations saying she disliked the school and called some of the educators "ignorant." Habat says she didn't think the school could have seen the post.

"They couldn't see it. It was private to my friends only," Habat said.

But Habat tagged the school in the post, and the next morning the school expelled her son. It also gave her a letter that read:

The school isn't commenting on the expulsion. Habat says she just wants her little boy back in the classroom.

"Why would you expel a 4 year-old over something his mom posts on her private Facebook page," Habat said.