![]() ![]() In her suit, Parsons also alleges that the Board of Education and Dyer refused to permit Parsons to speak with the media regarding the yearbook controversy. Parsons alleges that, in fact, all editing and censoring of yearbook material were done at the direction of members of the school administration. Through their public statements, the lawsuit alleges that the Dyer painted a distorted picture of the editing process, making Parsons a scapegoat for the censorship that resulted in the controversy. Following these complaints, administrators met with students and Parsons and, Parsons alleges, the school began a public disinformation campaign to distance the administration from the controversy. HOLMDEL, NEW JERSEY (MAY 6, 2019)–Wall Township former yearbook advisor and teacher Susan Parsons, who was thrown into the center of a high profile high school yearbook controversy in 2017, filed a civil rights lawsuit in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Monmouth County on Monday against the Wall Township Board of Education (BOE) as well as Wall Township High School Superintendent Cheryl Dyer, seeking redress for violations of her First Amendment right to free speech.Īfter yearbooks were printed and distributed in early June 2017, three Wall Township students complained that their yearbook submissions were altered to omit pro-Trump political expressions. Susan Parsons seeks relief from restrictions on her ability to speak to media ![]()
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