Central Bucks School District's Board Fed Community False Information, Says ACLU of Pa. [View all]
In an amended complaint filed Monday in federal court, the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania has alleged that Central Bucks School District administration and its right-wing board of directors majority, along with legal counsel from the law firm Duane Morris, have deceived the public and provided false information in a report that was issued last spring.
“The district got what they paid for – a one-sided investigation that was never intended to take seriously the allegations of a hostile environment for LGBTQ students at Central Bucks,” said Witold Walczak, legal director of the ACLU of Pennsylvania said in a press release. “They wanted to scapegoat Andrew to distract from their egregious failure to support LGBTQ+ students in the district.”
The filing represents the most recent development in a legal case initiated in April. The lawsuit, brought by Andrew Burgess, a district teacher, contends that the district took retaliatory measures against him due to his advocacy on behalf of a transgender student subjected to harassment and bullying within the school environment.
The ACLU claims that Burgess was suspended for violating a not yet created board policy and that district investigators failed to talk with the student or the student’s family who could have verified details provided by Burgess.
https://buckscountybeacon.com/2023/08/central-bucks-school-districts-right-wing-school-board-fed-community-false-information-says-aclu-pa-in-new-court-filing/
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