PORTLAND, Maine (AP) The Cape Elizabeth School Department has agreed to remove any record of discipline against a student who posted a note about sexual assault last year.
The Portland Press Herald reports the move is part of a proposed settlement that would end an almost yearlong lawsuit.
Sixteen-year-old Aela Mansmann sued the district for suspending her for posting a note that said there was “a rapist” at the school.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine is representing Mansmann and won a temporary restraining order to block the suspension.
An attorney for the school said the settlement preserves the district’s ability to discipline students for bullying.
