The family of a St. Clair Shores student hopes to return their son to school after his suspension for taking part in an oral sex act while in class.
Mount Clemens attorney Robbie D. Lang has filed a lawsuit against the Lake Shore school district in hopes of getting his client, a 14-year-old eighth-grader at Kennedy Middle School, back in classes. Lang said the boy was "victimized" Feb. 6 when a female student performed oral sex on him during a science class.
The boy, a special education student, was suspended for the remainder of the school year, he said.
The girl involved was not implicated in the lawsuit. Lake Shore officials would not say whether the girl has been allowed to return to class, although some students said she has not returned.
The district had also initially suspended the teacher, a 9-year veteran, but has since cleared him of wrongdoing, arguing that the "wrong in this incident is the actions of the students," according to a letter sent home to parents in late February. The teacher, whose name was also not released, has since returned to teaching and had argued he was unaware of the incident at the time.
As many as 20 students were in class while the act was performed underneath a long laboratory table, St. Clair Shores police Detective Joe Mason said. Mason had stated that criminal charges involving the students would not be likely.
"It's absolutely absurd that this could happen in a classroom. For the school district to say it wasn't negligent is highly ridiculous," Lang said.
Lang particularly finds absurd the district's decision to compare the realization that the incident had occurred with the atrocities of Sept. 11, 2001, in their letter to parents.
"Just like our country was shocked into awareness when, never-before acts of terrorism occurred in New York City, our district was shocked into awareness when middle school students engaged in indecent acts in the classroom," wrote Superintendent John Brackett and Kennedy Principal Paula Quintero in their Feb. 19 correspondence to parents about the incident.
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Mount Clemens attorney Robbie D. Lang has filed a lawsuit against the Lake Shore school district in hopes of getting his client, a 14-year-old eighth-grader at Kennedy Middle School, back in classes. Lang said the boy was "victimized" Feb. 6 when a female student performed oral sex on him during a science class.
The boy, a special education student, was suspended for the remainder of the school year, he said.
The girl involved was not implicated in the lawsuit. Lake Shore officials would not say whether the girl has been allowed to return to class, although some students said she has not returned.
The district had also initially suspended the teacher, a 9-year veteran, but has since cleared him of wrongdoing, arguing that the "wrong in this incident is the actions of the students," according to a letter sent home to parents in late February. The teacher, whose name was also not released, has since returned to teaching and had argued he was unaware of the incident at the time.
As many as 20 students were in class while the act was performed underneath a long laboratory table, St. Clair Shores police Detective Joe Mason said. Mason had stated that criminal charges involving the students would not be likely.
"It's absolutely absurd that this could happen in a classroom. For the school district to say it wasn't negligent is highly ridiculous," Lang said.
Lang particularly finds absurd the district's decision to compare the realization that the incident had occurred with the atrocities of Sept. 11, 2001, in their letter to parents.
"Just like our country was shocked into awareness when, never-before acts of terrorism occurred in New York City, our district was shocked into awareness when middle school students engaged in indecent acts in the classroom," wrote Superintendent John Brackett and Kennedy Principal Paula Quintero in their Feb. 19 correspondence to parents about the incident.
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