N.J. Civil Rights division sues Ridgewood school over claims of student discrimination
Filed under Civil Rights News, New Jersey Civil Rights News on January 27, 2011Family files lawsuit against Ridgewood BOE for alleged student discrimination – January 25, 2011. RIDGEWOOD — At the same high school that Tyler Clementi attended, the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights is suing the Ridgewood Board of Education over alleged sexual orientation discrimination against a student, according to a report on NorthJersey.com.
The lawsuit claims that a 16-year-old student faced months of bullying from both teachers and peers, including being asked by a teacher if he was out of the closet, and being told by another that homosexuality was caused by “abnormal genes,” the report said. An internal investigation last spring found that no staff member had done anything wrong, the school said.
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