KMSP-TV Fox 9 reports that Anoka-Hennepin School District and police are investigating a group of middle school students who took a fight to Facebook and began a bout of cyber-bullying that crossed a scary line. Officials say at least one of the bullies made a post on Facebook urging a group of girls to go kill themselves.
Continue reading...According to UnionLeader.com, the Nashua School District has entered into a settlement agreement with the family of a transgender student suing for discrimination.
Continue reading...According to the Bangor Daily News, Penobscot County Superior Court Justice William Anderson has heard oral arguments in a discrimination suit brought by the parents of a transgender student over the local school district’s handling of their transgender child’s transition from male to female.
Continue reading...As reported on Wisconsin Gazette.com, the mother of a student who committed suicide after being harassed and bullied by classmates for several years has filed a wrongful death action against the school district and some employees.
Continue reading...The Indianapolis Star reports that Darnell Young and his mother, Chelisa Grimes, have filed suit against Indianapolis Public Schools for a series of alleged bullying incidents that led Young to fire a stun gun inside Arsenal Technical High School this past spring to scare away bullies.
Continue reading...The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that a federal district court judge has rejected a student’s suit seeking reinstatement as student body president at Alpharetta High School.
Continue reading...The Orange County Register reports that Fullerton Union High School (FUHS) Vice Principal Joe Abell has been temporarily removed from his position after he disqualified a gay student from the “Mr. Fullerton” pageant.
Continue reading...A federal district court in Georgia has denied a high school student’s motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) that would reinstate him as student body president. Rejecting the student’s argument that he was removed from office for asserting his First Amendment free speech rights, the court agreed with the school district that he had been removed from office for non-speech reasons.
Continue reading...An Associated Press (AP) report at NECN.com says the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has announced it has settled a lawsuit with a central Missouri school district whose Internet filtering software was blocking access to nonsexual websites about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues.
Continue reading...Acoording to an Associated Press (AP) report in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Reuben Lack has filed suit in federal court against administrators at Alpharetta High School over his removal as student body president.
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