According to court documents filed last Friday, a settlement has been reached and is pending a judge's approval.
As a state lawmaker, it’s not my job to issue suspensions. But it is my job to improve our laws, and this incident proved our laws on short-term suspensions were inadequate.
Just this week, the law firm representing the McGhee family filed a preliminary injunction to clear Christian’s academic record. They also released new information about the case.
Legislators in the North Carolina General Assembly are expected to consider a new statute that would expand students' rights to appeal school suspensions, following outrage over a public school suspending a student for saying the word ‘illegal alien.'
Brianna Kraemer, Carolina Journal public policy reporter, discusses the latest developments in the story of a Davidson County high school student suspended for using the words “illegal alien” in class. Kraemer offered these comments during a May 8, 2024, appearance on One America News Network.
Brianna Kraemer, Carolina Journal public policy reporter, discusses the suspension of a 16-year-old Davidson County high school student for using the words “illegal alien” in class. Kraemer offered these comments during an April 19, 2024, interview on One America News Network.
A 16-year-old student at Central Davidson High School in Lexington, North Carolina was suspended for three days last week for using the term ‘illegal alien’ during a vocabulary assignment in his English class.
