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Port Jefferson Student Plans To Sue District For $2M: Report

The district declined to publish her poem about the killing of George Floyd in its literary magazine, according to a report.

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Ruby Ray​, 16, a sophomore at Earl L. Vandermeulen High School, plans to sue her district for $2 million, according to a report.
Ruby Ray​, 16, a sophomore at Earl L. Vandermeulen High School, plans to sue her district for $2 million, according to a report. (Google Maps)

PORT JEFFERSON, NY — Port Jefferson sophomore Ruby Ray plans to sue her school district for $2 million after it did not publish her sonnet about George Floyd's killing in its literary magazine, Newsday reported. A notice of claim was filed Tuesday through the 16-year-old's father, attorney John Ray, to Suffolk County Supreme Court, according to Newsday.

The district does not comment on pending litigation, Superintendent Jessica Schmettan said.

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