One of North Carolina's largest school Districts is learning an expensive lesson on the topic of free speech. As we previously reported, a student at Kell High School in Charlotte was accused of vandalism after painting a spirit rock on campus with a message in tribute of Charlie Kirk following his death last September.
Shortly after that the school released a now-revoked speech code that only allowed for “positive school spirit” messages and banned students from expressing religious views on the rock which were part of the tribute to Kirk who publicly proclaimed his Christian faith regularly throughout his life.
The student's parents filed a lawsuit against the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board Of Education in December. The suit claimed the School District violated the student's constitutional rights and that school officials went through the student's phone.
The District has agreed to pay $95,000 to settle the lawsuit and they have made changes to their policy on free speech.
Lawsuit centered around Charlie Kirk Tribute Message
Lawsuit centered around Charlie Kirk Tribute Message
