A fifth-grader was expelled from one of Los Angeles' most prestigious private schools for sending a water gun emoji and rap lyrics to a friend, prompting a lawsuit from the boy's parents.
The lawsuit, filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleges that a 10-year-old boy exchanged emails with a friend that included water gun emojis and lyrics from YNW Melly's rap song “Murder on My Mind.” This happened after he was expelled from school.
The Curtis School is an elite private, independent elementary school in Los Angeles that has taught the children of celebrities such as David Beckham and Victoria Beckham. According to the elementary school, hollywood reporter,cost $28,760 per year.
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The lawsuit is Obtained by KKTValleging that school principal Meera Ratnesar unfairly disciplined the boy “without evidence that the email exchanges violated school policy.”
The parents of a 10-year-old boy are asking for the family's legal fees to be paid and for the 10-year-old's expulsion from the Curtis School to be reversed.
”[The] decision to expel [the student] and banning him from campus is arbitrary and capricious,” the lawsuit states.
The boy's parents are suing, saying the decision to remove their son from the school, which costs about $29,000 a year, was “arbitrary and capricious.” (Google Maps – Screenshot)
The boys exchanged lyrics for the 2018 rap song “Murder on My Mind” on September 8, according to the documents.
My friend, who is also in 5th grade, said, “Wake up in the morning.'' The boy replied, “I can't get the murder out of my head.''
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More than two weeks later, on September 25, the students texted each other during their first-period shared math class and sent several water gun emojis.
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On Sept. 30, the boy was called into a meeting with the board president and his class teacher to discuss the email, but the boy was not shown the specific email, according to court documents.
Ratnesar met with the boy's parents and informed them that the boy had been expelled and was immediately banned from campus.
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of school sent the following statement to local media:
“While we are disappointed to learn of the lawsuit, our priority is to ensure a safe campus for all students,” the statement said. “I cannot comment on individual students.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Curtis School for comment.
