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Woodcliff Lake Parent Sues School District Over Alleged Mishandling of Bullying Investigation

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Woodcliff Lake  NJ, a Woodcliff Lake parent has taken legal action against the local school district, claiming officials mishandled a bullying investigation and, in doing so, caused lasting harm to his son and family. The lawsuit, filed in Bergen County Superior Court, alleges that the district wrongly determined that the family’s elementary-aged son had made a discriminatory comment, causing the young student anxiety and fear about attending school.

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NJ Attorney General: First Amendment does not relieve schools of their obligation to respond to bias-based harassment that creates a hostile educational environment

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Ridgewood  NJ, attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Sundeep Iyer, Director of the Division on Civil Rights, have issued the statement below as students across the state in K-12 schools and on college and university campuses return to school:

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