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And it’s about time.

In response to the NYCLU lawsuit brought against it last week for failing to protect a gay student from anti-gay bullying that included being thrown down a flight of stairs and being threatened with a knife, the Mohawk Central School District has agreed to take immediate action aimed to ensure that student’s safety when classes resume next month:

“We are pleased the school district has finally recognized that it must act to protect our client’s safety, but this agreement is just a first step,” New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) Executive Director Donna Lieberman said. “We will pursue our lawsuit until the Mohawk Central School District makes the long-term solutions necessary to ensure that all students are safe at school and treated with the dignity and respect they deserve.”

“It shouldn’t take a lawsuit to motivate school district officials to protect a student from vicious harassment,” said NYCLU staff attorney Corey Stoughton, lead counsel on the case. “Our case will proceed until the district addresses the systemic failures that allowed it to ignore Jacob’s plight for two years.“

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