BYRNE v. SPRINGFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA GARY BYRNE, et al. : CIVIL ACTION : v. : NO. 21-3199 : SPRINGFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT, : et al. : MEMORANDUM KEARNEY, J. October 14, 2021 We today review a too-common tragedy borne in some undefined part of an interactive “instant messaging” age compounded by heightened anxiety and often concealed depression possibly arising during the social isolation necessary to mitigate the spread of a pandemic over the last eighteen months. Bullying in high schools further compounds the concerns for our promising high school…