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…