SC student allegedly targeted for ignoring The Pledge. How much did it cost?

A River Bluff High School student sued a Lexington school district after she said she was physically assaulted by a teacher for refusing to recite the Pledge of Allegiance one morning in November 2022.

The district has paid her family $75,000 to settle the case, according to court records.

The parents of then-15-year-old Marissa Barnwell, sued Lexington 1 in February 2023, along with now-retired Superintendent Gerrita Postlewait, River Bluff Principal Jacob Smith, River Bluff teacher Nicole Livingston and the state Department of Education…

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