California private school sued after expelling boy, 10, for using squirt gun emoji, rap songs
A fifth-grader has been expelled from a Los Angeles private school for sending a squirt gun emoji and rap lyrics to a friend, prompting the boy’s parents to sue.
The lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court comes after a 10-year-old was expelled from Curtis School for sending an email to a friend that contained squirt gun emojis and lyrics to YNW Melly’s rap song “Murder on My Mind.”
The Curtis School is a private primary school in Los Angeles and has educated the children of celebrities, including David and Victoria Beckham. Elementary school, according to The Hollywood Reportercosts $28,760 per year.
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The interior of a classroom in a primary school. A row of empty desks in a lighted room. (Stock)
The lawsuit, obtained by KKTV, alleges that Principal Meera Ratnesar improperly targeted the boy “without proof that his email exchange violated school policy.”
The parents of the 10-year-old boy want to delay the expulsion of the boy, 10, from the Curtis school and to pay the family’s attorneys’ fees.
“[The] decision to dismiss [the student] and barring him from the campus is unreasonable and irrational,” the lawsuit said.
The boy’s parents sued, saying the decision to kick their son out of the $29,000-a-year school was “unconscionable and unreasonable.” (Google Maps – Screenshot)
The documents say the boys exchanged lyrics to the 2018 rap song, “Murder on my mind” on September 8.
A friend, also a fifth grader, said, “Wake up in the morning and I found it.” The boy replied, “Murder in my mind.”
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Two weeks later, on September 25, students were emailing each other during their first grade math class assignment and sent multiple squirt gun emojis.
A school bus arrives at George Mason Elementary School in Alexandria, VA on August 21, 2023. (Craig Hudson of The Washington Post via Getty Images)
On Sept. 30, the boy was called into a meeting with the principal and homeroom teacher to discuss the emails, but court documents say the boy was not shown certain emails.
Ratnesar met the boy’s parents and told them that he had been expelled and banned from school immediately.
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The school sent the following statement to local media:
“Although we are disappointed to learn about this case, the most important thing for us is to ensure that all our students have a safe and secure institution,” said the statement. “We cannot comment on individual students.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to Curtis School for comment.
