The mother of an 8-year-old Osceola County boy who was suspended from school after he was caught pointing his finger in the shape of a gun during a game of "cops and robbers" said she has reached an agreement with the school district.

Jordan Bennett's mother said the district also erased the suspension from his school records, changing it to an excused absence.

Still, Bonnie Bennett said she wants to see some changes in school discipline policies, which she brought up Tuesday night at a school board meeting in Kissimmee.

"He was playing with another little boy and used his finger and his thumb as a gun, and he was suspended for a day," the St. Cloud mother explained. "I thought it was a joke."

But it wasn't. Bennett said her 8-year-old son, Jordan, was suspended from Harmony Community School on Sept. 27 for what school officials originally considered a violent game.

"If it was in the wrong place at the wrong time, then treat it as such, but don't go to an extreme and label this child as threatening or violent," Jordan's mother said. "It was just crazy, in my opinion."

A mother of three, Bonnie Bennett said she was not notified of the problem until the end of the school day. She said she believes the school should notify parents right away when their children are in trouble, so the parents can get quick answers to their questions.

"For a child who had no prior instances, nothing violent, that's why I was so upset about it all," said Bennett.

Osceola County school officials said due to confidentiality agreements, they could not talk specifics about Jordan's punishment, or the resolution with his mother.

But school board member Jay Wheeler said other instances similar to Jordan's have happened recently in the district, and he planned to bring up student discipline policies at Tuesday night's meeting, which was packed with friends, family and supporters Jordan's mother asked to join her.

"Get the questions asked, the answers, the parents involved," Bonnie Bennett said. "Don't go and label a child like that, because it does affect them. No one can convince me otherwise."

Bonnett said Jordan likes to play "cops and robbers" because the 8-year-old wants to work in law enforcement when he grows up.