Huntsville City Schools sued for Title IX, Title XII violations after teen’s suicide
On Tuesday, one family filed a lawsuit against Huntsville City Schools over their son’s suicide.
Posted: Apr 13, 2021 7:02 PM
Posted By: Bridget Divers
On Tuesday, one family filed a lawsuit against Huntsville City Schools over their son’s suicide.
The lawsuit by Nigel Shelby’s family alleges violations by school leaders and the city on the basis of race and sex.
Nigel Shelby
The family s attorneys said that Nigel Shelby was bullied at school and online all because of his sexual orientation and race. There was a long pattern of bullying and discrimination against Nigel Shelby by other students, you know, for months and months at this school and it dragged on for an extended period of time, said Jasmine Rand, one of the family s attorneys.
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Published: 12 Apr 2021 12:53 PM BdST
Updated: 12 Apr 2021 12:53 PM BdST Rory Levin, 11, works at a desk at his family s home in Bloomington, Minn, April 5, 2021. Levin, a sixth grader, has been attending an online school and plans to re-enrol this fall. Virtual schools are poised to outlast the coronavirus, creating cohorts of students who may never return to traditional classrooms, though questions about remote learning persist. (Jenn Ackerman/The New York Times)
Rory Levin, a sixth grader in Bloomington, Minnesota, used to hate going to school. He has a health condition that often makes him feel apprehensive around other students. Taking special-education classes did little to ease his anxiety.
Family of bullied gay teen who killed himself to sue Huntsville City Schools
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Nigel Shelby, 15, died by suicide in April, 2019. His family has hired a prominent civil rights attorney to investigate the school system s treatment of their son.
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The family of an openly gay Huntsville City Schools student who took his own life in 2019 has announced plans to sue the school system for civil rights violations and wrongful death, according to a news release Monday.
The attorneys for the family of Nigel Shelby will be discussing the lawsuit at a news conference Tuesday.
Shelby was 14 when he died on April 18, 2019. His family said that Shelby took his own life because of being bullied because of his sexual orientation as well as depression.
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