Overview
- Attorney General Jason Miyares announced a settlement resolving a complaint that alleged Nysmith School in Herndon ignored antisemitic harassment before expelling three Jewish siblings.
- Payment terms include $100,000 plus attorneys’ fees, with some outlets reporting the total approaching $150,000.
- The school will adopt an IHRA-informed antisemitism policy, establish a committee to investigate discrimination complaints, and issue a nondiscrimination statement alongside a public apology from the headmaster.
- Annual antisemitism and Holocaust education will be provided by the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington, with an independent monitor overseeing compliance for five years.
- The complaint detailed slurs such as calling a sixth-grader a “baby-killer,” a class project featuring Adolf Hitler, and expulsions two days after parents sought help; the family will not return to the school.