Overview

• The board will expunge any characterization of McGhee’s April 2024 remark as racially biased while maintaining the suspension stood for class disruption.
• Christian McGhee’s family secured a public apology and $20,000 intended to offset his transfer to private schooling after the incident.
• The agreement, reached in early June, settles claims that McGhee’s First and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated during disciplinary proceedings.
• A U.S. District Court judge must approve the settlement at a hearing scheduled for July 1 before its terms take effect.
• The case has drawn national attention to free-speech protections and due-process standards in public school discipline policies.