{"id":1842,"date":"2026-06-16T23:36:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T23:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1842"},"modified":"2026-06-16T23:36:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T23:36:37","slug":"lefty-school-district-sat-on-its-hands-as-jewish-middle-schooler-was-bullied-and-strangled-lawsuit-alleges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1842","title":{"rendered":"Lefty School District Sat On Its Hands As Jewish Middle Schooler Was Bullied And Strangled, Lawsuit Alleges"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A lawsuit against a school district in Colorado claims the district has violated legal obligations by repeatedly failing to address and fix the \u201chostile environment for Jewish students\u201d it has fostered.<\/p>\n

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The Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) has violated its obligations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act based on antisemitic discrimination, a submitted by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) claims. A Jewish middle school student in the district has faced antisemitic bullying, harassment, and physical assault by multiple other students for two consecutive years, per the document.<\/p>\n

BVSD, located in a deep blue county, has been known for left-wing policies. One hundred of the district\u2019s teachers partook in training \u201cthrough A Queer Endeavor, a sexuality and gender identity education initiative\u201d in 2016, according to The Denver Post. The training was intended to make the word \u201cgay\u201d more accepted and change school culture by including gay and transgender figures in school lessons. (RELATED: Columbia Clamps Down On \u2018Hateful Language\u2019 Against Jews As Trump Admin Deal Reportedly Closes In)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the Boulder Valley School District does not comment on ongoing legal matters, we take all allegations of discrimination and harassment seriously,\u201d a BVSD spokesperson told the Daily Caller News Foundation in a statement. \u201cWe continue to focus on improvements to our policies, reporting systems, practices, and education efforts\u2014all with the goal of ensuring every BVSD student feels safe, welcomed, and a strong sense of belonging.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The alleged antisemitism began with pejorative remarks directed at the Jewish student by classmates, and escalated to verbal slurs, threats and Nazi salutes in 2024, according to the court document. This then \u201cprogressed to repeated physical assaults (including strangulation), antisemitic taunting in the lunch line, after school and in class,\u201d and Holocaust-related mockery.<\/p>\n

The mockery included a classmate telling the Jewish student, \u201cat least my grandma didn\u2019t spend 8 years in hiding,\u201d and asking the Jewish student, \u201cdo you get scared when someone raises their hand?\u201d and \u201cdo you get scared when someone counts to nine?\u201d according to the legal complaint.<\/p>\n

In April 2025, after the Jewish student had endured hate speech and physical violence, the student\u2019s father requested \u201ca significant increase in supervision and greater engagement with parents regarding the rise of this behavior in the school,\u201d according to the legal complaint.<\/p>\n

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The school investigated the conduct of a classmate of the Jewish student after receiving a formal bullying complaint. The classmate had attempted get other students to play a game called \u201cJew touch tag,\u201d in which \u201cbeing Jewish would make one the student to be chased,\u201d reported the legal complaint. The same classmate has also been reported by witnesses to have called Jews \u201cdirty\u201d and \u201ccontaminated.\u201d The school found that its bullying policy had been violated and the Board Policy AC (Non-Discrimination and Equal Opportunity) applied. The school documented the findings in a records system, \u201cwith a formal founded determination.\u201d<\/p>\n

In May 2025, at the end of the student\u2019s 7th grade year, his father requested that the student not be placed in classes with specific classmates who had harassed the Jewish student, according to the complaint. If that was not possible, then he stated he would request a school transfer for his son.<\/p>\n

The Southern Hills Middle School (SHMS) principal committed to doing the school\u2019s \u201cbest\u201d to avoid scheduling conflicts, but did formally commit to it, nor honor it, according to the court document. She said that if the family felt they would like an administrative transfer, she could \u201cwork through that process.\u201d But no transfer was facilitated.<\/p>\n

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In December 2025, a classmate of the Jewish student \u201cfashioned a Chromebook charging cord into a lasso\u201d during a study hall, threw it around the Jewish student\u2019s neck, and dragged the student from a chair while calling them a slur, according to the court document. This conduct resulted in \u201ca police report, a formal founded bullying determination by SHMS, and a Juvenile Court Referral for third-degree assault.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the school\u2019s finding, police involvement, and Juvenile Court Referral, the district\u2019s consequence for the classmate who physically assaulted the Jewish student was to suspend the classmate for the remainder of the week and reassign the Jewish student to a different study hall section the following semester, according to the court document.<\/p>\n

The BVSD is a district of \u201c[e]xcellence and [e]quity,\u201d according to its website. The complaint notes that the district\u2019s board policies include bullying prevention policy and Board Policy AC (Non-Discrimination and Equal Opportunity). But, \u201cdespite these policies, the District has failed, repeatedly and systematically, to enforce them\u201d on the Jewish student\u2019s behalf, reported the complaint.<\/p>\n

In January 2026, the Jewish student\u2019s parents requested support from the school before sending their child back after winter break. The parents requested a no-contact order between their child and the student who physically assaulted their child, \u201cline-of-sight supervision\u201d of their child at all times, that their child be excused from changing for gym class and go to the office instead of attending study halls, according to the legal complaint.<\/p>\n

The school offered a break space in the office\/counseling area, a no-contact agreement between the Jewish student and the classmate who assaulted them, and two other terms of support, per the lawsuit. The school did not agree to the line-of-sight supervision request.<\/p>\n

The bully violated the no-contact order on the first day it took effect and was suspended for a several days, according to the legal complaint. But \u201cthe violations did not stop, and the hostile environment continued to intensify.\u201d<\/p>\n

The parents of the Jewish student put the school and BVSD \u201con actual notice of antisemitic harassment in November 2024 and have continued to provide them with written, documented, and urgent notice through the present,\u201d according to the legal document. In April 2025, the school \u201cproduced a founded determination of antisemitic bullying.\u201d The Boulder Police Department \u201copened two cases and has issued a juvenile criminal referral for third-degree assault.\u201d \u201cFormal written demands for protective supervision were submitted\u201d by the student\u2019s parents.<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite all of this, the District failed to put into place systemic changes to address the continued antisemitic harassment\u201d the Jewish student has been facing and \u201chas consistently placed the burden of avoiding the hostile environment on \u201cthe student \u2014 not on those responsible for creating it,\u201d the legal complaint claims.<\/p>\n

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