Thomas v. BOARD OF EDUC. OF BRANDYWINE SCHOOL

OPINION

STARK, District Judge:

I. INTRODUCTION

This federal civil rights action presents the question of whether the Brandywine School District School Board and Superintendent maintained a custom or policy of deliberate indifference that permitted one of its teachers to violate the constitutional rights of one of its students. It also poses the issue of whether the Superintendent knew of or acquiesced in the teacher’s conduct. Finally, even if the record does not justify proceeding to trial on the plaintiffs federal cause of action, the Court must consider whether to exercise supplemental…