Mother Sues School Board Over Son’s NRA T-shirt Rights Violation

By Tim

A mother is suing Logan County Board of Education after her son was forced to remove his t-shirt or face suspension.

Phyllis Adkins, former president of the board; William Davis, vice president of the board; Mark McGrew, current president of the board; Dr. Pat J. White, school board member; James Frye, school board member; Wilma Zigmond, school board superintendent; Ernestine Sutherland, principal of Logan Middle School; David L. Burroway, teacher at Logan Middle School; Howard Rockhold, teacher at Logan Middle School; Christopher Marcus, teacher at Logan Middle School; Anita Gore, secretary of Logan Middle School; and Logan Middle School were also named as defendants in the suit according to WV Record.

On April 18, 2013, Jared Marcum, a 14-year-old eighth grader, wore a National Rifle Association of American pro-Second Amendment t-shirt to school, according to a complaint filed April 15 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.

Marcum’s mother, Tanya Lardieri, claims the shirt was olive green, bearing the NRA logo, had the words “Protect your right” and an image of a hunting rifle on it.

Marcum’s shirt comported with the Logan Middle School student/parent handbook of policies in effect at …read more

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