A Los Angeles school district has been ordered to pay $1m in damages to a student after they didn’t properly address the actions of her bullies for almost a year.
A jury in Los Angeles County Superior Court ruled last week that the El Segundo Unified School District displayed negligence in how its staff was trained and supervised and that had harmful effects on Eleri Irons. Ms Irons attended El Segundo Middle School when the bullying began when she was 13 years old, legal filings state.
