Overview

• The Louis D. Brandeis Center lodged its civil rights complaint on July 1 with Attorney General Jason Miyares under Virginia’s Human Rights Act, which prohibits religious and ancestry-based discrimination.
• The filing alleges that Headmaster Kenneth R. Nysmith ignored months of antisemitic harassment reports and told one student she should “toughen up.”
• Three Jewish children were expelled on March 13 days after their families raised concerns about bullying that included a class project praising Hitler and pro-Palestine taunts.
• The Nysmith School, a prestigious feeder for Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, has not publicly responded to the allegations.
• Virginia’s Human Rights Act empowers the attorney general to investigate and enforce remedies for confirmed discrimination.