A California institution has found itself attempting to defend its position after it reportedly expelled a student for allegedly sending emails with an “inappropriate emoji.” According to the lawsuit, the parents of a 10-year-old are suing the school after he was kicked out for sending an email with a squirt gun emoji and lyrics to YNW Melly’s song “Murder on My Mind.”
The lawsuit against Curtis School, which allegedly cost $28,000 to attend— states that the boy and his friend reportedly exchanged several emails quoting the song in September. On September 25th, it was documented that the boy sent his pal an email saying “I hate you” along with several squirt gun emojis. “You dead yet,” the boy quipped in a second email to which the other boy responded: “No why.”
According to the lawsuit, The boys were monitored acting normally during the school’s annual fair at the Santa Monica Pier. However, on September 30, the school’s director of third, fourth, and fifth grades allegedly yanked the boy out of his class and asked him about the emails. The director allegedly told the boy that she would be taking his technology privileges away as a form of punishment, reports Law and Crime .