Families close ranks to support Morningside School and staff
PORT ST. LUCIE - At Morningside Elementary, parents consider
themselves part of a family.  To most people outside the school
family, however, it's the place where a 5-year-old autistic boy
was voted out of his kindergarten class a year ago.  Within
hours after news of Alex Barton being voted out of his classroom
14-to-2, the school's phones and e-mail system were jammed with
angry people from all over the world. The school's Web site was
taken down and still is offline.  Morningside parents couldn't
get through in some instances. Some teachers got threatening
e-mails.  Parent Shanna Cetin said she answered the phones in
the office after news broke about the incident.  "I was in
tears. My child had to sit in that school, and I was scared,"
Cetin said.  Parents said their school has been unfairly and
unjustly tarnished over the past year.  They're tired of their
children hearing comments when they tell strangers where they
attend school.  "We love ou