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Davidson County (NC) student suspended for saying 'illegal alien' in class to receive apology, $20K
https://www.wfdd.org ^ | July 24, 2025

Posted on 07/24/2025 1:59:21 PM PDT by 11th_VA

A federal judge approved a settlement this week between the Davidson County Board of Education and the parents of a student who was suspended for using the term “illegal alien” in class.

Leah and Chad McGhee’s 16-year-old son was suspended for three days last year after making what school officials called a “racially insensitive remark.”

The parents filed a lawsuit against the Board of Education shortly after the incident. Now, court documents show the parties have reached a settlement.

The school board has agreed to issue a public apology for the “mischaracterization of racial bias” of the student’s comments and pay the family $20,000. It will also correct the student’s related school records.

The agreement specifies that its terms “are not to be construed as an admission of liability or wrongdoing” by either party.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: bushjuniorjudge; daviddschroeder; davidschroeder; dubyajudge; education; freespeech; judgewatch; lawsuit; mdnorthcarolina; northcarolina; voicwvote
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No back story provided
1 posted on 07/24/2025 1:59:21 PM PDT by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

The worm is getting his comeuppance.


2 posted on 07/24/2025 2:02:27 PM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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To: 11th_VA
No back story provided.

… or if it was the slimeball media suppressed it.

3 posted on 07/24/2025 2:04:21 PM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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how is illegal alien racist?

sounds like the school is racist


4 posted on 07/24/2025 2:06:00 PM PDT by joshua c
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“””how is illegal alien racist?

sounds like the school is racist”””””

Especially since that is the official term.


5 posted on 07/24/2025 2:08:17 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: 11th_VA

The individuals responsible should be required to pay the settlement, not the Board of Education.


6 posted on 07/24/2025 2:12:02 PM PDT by Savage Beast (Unchecked mass insanity of woke will be more devastating than all the wars and plagues of the past.)
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To: Savage Beast

Insurance company will pay.


7 posted on 07/24/2025 2:14:57 PM PDT by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back)
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To: 11th_VA
Call them what they are:

CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIEN INVADERS !


8 posted on 07/24/2025 2:20:32 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: 11th_VA

They should be forced to pay more than that. All of their combined salaries plus 200% for emotional damage should suffice. Then they should have to name a building or program after the kid. They should also all be required to read in unison their apology over the school intercom, while simultaneously broadcasting to every other school in the state, daily for the rest of his school career.


9 posted on 07/24/2025 2:21:04 PM PDT by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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To: Carriage Hill

Criminalien works fine.


10 posted on 07/24/2025 2:21:38 PM PDT by C210N (Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.)
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To: Savage Beast

Yes, and I think the kid settled too cheap.
I would have demanded a public apology, my attorney’s fees paid, reinstatement and record expunged, $50,000. and a limo ride to school for my remaining days/years at that school.
A daily reminder of how racist and stupid these administrators are.


11 posted on 07/24/2025 2:24:07 PM PDT by Fireone (1.Avoid crowds 2.Head on a swivel 3.Be prepared to protect & defend those around you 4.Avoid crowds)
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To: 11th_VA
Did the parents pay an attorney for the lawsuit or did a conservative pro bono law firm file the case? If the former, you have to wonder if the $20K would be sufficient to pay the lawyers.
12 posted on 07/24/2025 2:26:37 PM PDT by Wallace T.
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North Carolina Piedmont area. Stories should be specific about locations as there’s a few Davidson Counties. Nashville is in one of them.


13 posted on 07/24/2025 2:27:16 PM PDT by MikelTackNailer (Listen to me now, think about it later and cry about it some other day.)
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To: MikelTackNailer

Davidson County, North Carolina, voted heavily for Trump. Unlike Davidson County, Tennessee (Nashville).


14 posted on 07/24/2025 2:34:56 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: 11th_VA

Its a 100% legally and technically accurate statement.

We are now worried about illegal aliens “hurt feelings” by accurately describing them? I sure am not.


15 posted on 07/24/2025 2:38:41 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: 11th_VA

Good! Except $20K should be taken from every school board member who voted for such an awful thing.


16 posted on 07/24/2025 2:39:17 PM PDT by libertylover (The HBM (Has Been Media) is almost all AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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Maybe one day American voters will realize that school board members are elected and that they can be unelected.

The right people on the school board can change laws and fire the superintendent who likes to be stupid.


17 posted on 07/24/2025 2:56:41 PM PDT by odawg
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To: 11th_VA

A little more info.

https://www.themountaineer.com/news/state/high-schooler-s-free-speech-case-settlement-approved-by-federal-judge/article_8c672130-3f6d-5960-bad9-a2ee697cb18b.html


18 posted on 07/24/2025 3:33:22 PM PDT by rey
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To: 11th_VA

The stupid leftist school administrators couldn’t care less. They are not paying out the $20,000


19 posted on 07/24/2025 3:36:53 PM PDT by dennisw (There is no limit to human stupidity)
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To: 11th_VA

I would have used the term Criminal Invader


20 posted on 07/24/2025 3:40:37 PM PDT by BOBWADE (God Bless America)
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