A former Eureka High School student has filed a lawsuit against the Rockwood School District, alleging that a former principal and associate principal mishandled his mental health situation, discriminated against him because of his race and gender and violated district policy concerning a disciplinary action against him.
Ethan Sandhu, who is now 18 and no longer lives in the district, said in a lawsuit filed on Sept. 14 in St. Louis County Circuit Court that Eureka High officials ignored his mental illness after he used an Instagram post to fake his own suicide and unfairly punished him in 2018 when a female student complained about his behavior.