UPDATE - First Grader Suspended for Sexual Harassment

A 6-year-old boy who was suspended after being accused of sexually harassing a classmate transferred to a new school Friday after officials apologized to his parents.

Officials at Downey Elementary School apologized at a meeting Thursday, said the boy's mother, Berthena Dorinvil. The boy was suspended Jan. 30 for three days after school officials said he put his fingers under a female student's waistband.

The boy's mother had called the suspension outrageous and said she couldn't even explain the accusation to her son because of his age.

Brockton schools define sexual harassment among students, in part, as "uninvited physical contact such as touching, hugging, patting or pinching." School officials had refused to transfer the boy, so the parents enlisted the help of an educational advocate.