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MIAMI (CBSMiami) - The Lauderhill Spelling Bee has come under controversy after an incident that brought back memories of Dan Quayle's problem spelling the word potato.
Robert McKenzie said that his daughter was dismissed from the Lauderhill MLK championship spelling bee earlier this week. The controversy centered on the word vacation.
Video posted to YouTube showed McKenzie's eight-year-old daughter being asked to spell the word vacation.
The daughter responded by correctly spelling the word, but she was immediately told it was incorrect in the video, which you can see below.
McKenzie, who is a teacher at Castle Hill Elementary, said that his daughter was in tears and didn't understand why she was told the word was incorrect.
He wants school officials or other city leaders to apologize or explain why she was dismissed.