WASHINGTON v. PIERCE

No. 03-487.

895 A.2d 173 (2005)

2005 VT 125

Celeste WASHINGTON b/n/f Martha Daley and Arthur Washington v. Robin PIERCE, as Principal of Harwood Union High School, et al.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

December 16, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoffrey W. Crawford, J.

David F. Kelley, Montpelier, Eileen M. Blackwood of Blackwood Associates, P.C., Burlington, and David Putter, Montpelier, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Heather E. Thomas of Lynn & Associates, Burlington, for Defendants-Appellees.

Robert Appel, Montpelier, for Amicus Curiae Vermont Human Rights Commission.

Present: DOOLEY, JOHNSON, SKOGLUND and REIBER, JJ., and ALLEN, C.J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


SKOGLUND, J.

¶ 1. Plaintiff filed suit alleging that she was denied access to full and equal educational opportunities because of a hostile environment caused by pervasive student-student racial and sexual harassment at Harwood Union High School. On appeal she challenges the superior court's summary judgment dismissal of her claims under Vermont's Public Accommodations Act, 9 V.S.A. §§ 4500-4507, and 16 V.S...

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