Personally I would have handled it the same as those officials. The player is not disqualified until an official informs the coach that the player is disqualified. Whether the scorekeeper held up his hand on the fifth foul is irrelevant. If the officials did not appear to recognize the hand signal as the fifth foul, there's always the horn to get their attention.
As far as working at the school again, that's out of my control. All I can do is follow the rules.
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