Long Island school pays student $125K after they removed Palestinian art from parking space

Fuente: New York Post

A Long Island high school doled out a $125,000 settlement to a former student after district officials removed a pro-Palestinian mural she painted on her senior parking space. Half Hollow Hills West and the 2025 graduate reached the six-figure settlement earlier this month to end a legal battle that erupted when school leaders rolled white paint over a watermelon and keffiyeh design on the parking lot pavement in September 2024. Both symbols invoke Palestinian solidary – but led to controversy in Suffolk County’s Dix Hills and a subsequent lawsuit by the student who claimed her free speech rights were brushed aside when she tried to participate in the longtime school tradition.