The law suit seems justified.  The dollar amount is irrelevant at this point and more than likely to be adjusted by the courts.  

I remember being afraid of pushing a filbert on the hall floor with my nose, but I never feared any kind of physical assault on the North Eugene campus.     The River Road area is much more diverse than it was when I lived out past Santa Clara, but that is no excuse for the schools failure to provide a safe environment for it's student.       

As an adult I question the loss of discipline on a school campus' that I was very much a part of in the late 1960's.    Our issue seemed to be about clothing and personal grooming, but what is became is self-centered desire for children to do as they please without regard to standards they would have to acknowledge as adults.      *I could be wrong about that last part, it seems in Oregon that the 'child' has taken over the adult world and self centered 'personal expression' is more important that good citizenship.