Published: January 15, 1997

Law Update

A California school district has agreed to pay $250,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that school officials failed to stem sexual harassment of a junior high school girl by other students.

The student, identified in court papers as Jane Doe, said in her suit that she endured sexually suggestive taunts and other verbal abuse from Kenilworth Junior High School students in 1990-92.

The suit said school officials failed to respond to her complaints, with one counselor allegedly dismissing the girl's complaints by saying...