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Roberta Gerold

Schools
'Dress Like A Slut': Teacher On Long Island Bullied Disabled Student, $25M Lawsuit Claims 'Dress Like A Slut': Teacher On Long Island Bullied Disabled Student, $25M Lawsuit Claims
'Dress Like A Slut': Teacher On Long Island Bullied Disabled Student, $25M Lawsuit Claims An 18-year-old woman has filed a $25 million lawsuit against a Long Island school district, alleging that her teacher is still on the job despite an internal investigation finding that she subjected the girl to racist and other inappropriate remarks. The suit against the Middle Country Central School District, filed in Suffolk County Court on Tuesday, Sept. 5, accuses Centereach High School math teacher Jennifer Brunet of multiple “shocking and repugnant acts of misconduct” against senior Isabella Rexach-Moore. The Suffolk County resident, who is Black, receives special education accommodat…

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by Michael Mashburn
Obituaries
Long Island HS Football Player Who Died After Collapsing Remembered As 'Inspiration To Peers' Long Island HS Football Player Who Died After Collapsing Remembered As 'Inspiration To Peers'
Long Island HS Football Player Who Died After Collapsing Remembered As 'Inspiration To Peers' A Long Island community is mourning the loss of a beloved varsity football player who died days after collapsing at his high school. Robert Bush, age 17, was taken off life support on Friday, July 7, according to the Middle Country School District. It came after the teen collapsed at Newfield High School during workout drills on Monday, July 3. The teen spent days in the intensive care unit at Stony Brook University Hospital, where doctors declared him brain dead on Friday, relative Pattie Noren said. It was not immediately clear what caused him to collapse. Dozens of people, including h…

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by Michael Mashburn