6-year-old suspended for kissing girl, accused of sexual harassment......action placed on his record.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• 6-year-old suspended for kissing a girl on the hand, CNN affiliate KRDO reports
• KRDO: Superintendent says behavior fits description of sexual harassment
• Boy was suspended before for rough-housing, kissing same girl on cheek
• Boy's mother calls school response "extreme," wants charge removed from record

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(CNN) -- This is another one of those stories that seems absolutely hard to believe.

A 6-year-old boy near Colorado Springs, Colorado, was suspended from school for kissing a girl on the hand. You read that correctly. "It was during class," first-grader Hunter Yelton said in an interview with CNN affiliate KRDO. "We were doing reading group, and I leaned over and kissed her on the hand. That's what happened." Not only did Hunter's peck get him suspended from school, but the school accused him of sexual harassment, KRDO reported.

Hunter's mom, Jennifer Saunders, is outraged. read more