An Idaho family has sued a school district they allege has blatantly ignored multiple complaints regarding racism and discrimination that two sisters suffered at their local high school.
The Hodge family in the Boise suburb of Eagle, Idaho, sued the West Ada School District, the district superintendent, and Ada County for violating the constitutional rights of two Black students and “fostering and permitting a hostile educational environment at Eagle High School, which included racial harassment , bullying, and discrimination.”
The parents of two sisters identified in the lawsuit as Jaeyden and A.H. filed an amended lawsuit on Dec. 27 on behalf of their daughters.
The complaint alleges that both daughters endured rampant, toxic racist behavior from their peers since 2021 and that the teachers and faculty members exhibited “indifference” to the harmful conduct.
The suit states that both A.H. and Jaeyden were “subjected to racial slurs and humiliation from school staff and students,” and that their peers openly called both girls racial epithets in school hallways and classrooms without fear of discipline.