Teen files federal complaint against school

[KIISQueen]

BOSTON (Reuters) - A 17-year-old male high school student has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights accusing his public school of discriminating against boys.

Doug Anglin said girls are treated better at Milton High School in Massachusetts, are less likely to be punished and more likely to be encouraged to perform well academically, according to a copy of the December 9 complaint.

The complaint in Milton, an affluent Boston suburb, defies the conventional image of American schools giving more attention to boys than girls.

The Office for Civil Rights said on Thursday it was evaluating the complaint.

The school's principal said he was baffled by Anglin's decision. "I don't understand any basis for that complaint," he told Reuters. "Milton High School does not discriminate against males, females or anybody else for that matter."


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[welfareloser]

hmmm... yeah, it's an important issue, but... :shrug:

you simply can't sue people out of thier prejudices. i seriously doubt that any of what has happened at this school is lawsuit-worthy. i mean, social activism is good, his cause is very real and worthy of attention, but this is a pretty unproductive way to attack it.

[Thesifer]

Maybe he feels slow because boys are having major problems in school lately. Saw it in Newsweek so it must be true. In some schools now they have "All Boys Classes" to get them the attention and teaching that they need.

So maybe he is failing and see's that as his reason (excuse)