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Recent News About Wilmington Community Unit School District 209u

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  Judge: School officials had no constitutional obligation to stop DeKalb middle school student from being bullied

  By Jonathan Bilyk | Thursday, Jul 1, 2021 @ 4:57pm

  The lawsuit against the DeKalb School District 428 was one of several arguing school districts violate students' rights by not doing more to prevent bullying by other students.

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  How much should schools pay for students' bigotry? Wilmington discrimination suit could define standard, set pattern

  By Jonathan Bilyk | Tuesday, Aug 6, 2019 @ 6:37pm

  School officials in Wilmington have been hit with a lawsuit accusing them of ignoring a student's repeated pleas to stop racially-motivated bullying. The lawsuit has a difficult path ahead, but could have far-reaching implications, observers say

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