Student To Get $45,000 To Settle Suit Filed After Removal of Nude Statue
A Florida high school student has reached a $45,000 settlement with the Broward County district in a federal lawsuit challenging the removal of her statue of a nude male figure from public display at the school.
Soon after Rebecca Antolak, a 17-year old junior at Dillard High School, began work on the sculpture early last year in the lobby of the performing arts annex of the school, some students and staff members complained.
Principal John Kelly ordered the statue removed and stored, even though a sculpture of a nude female and paintings that featured nude women were on display as...
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