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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A class-action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a former Metro Nashville Public Schools student claiming high schools removed some kids from class to help inflate the district's year-end exam scores.
The Tennessean reports (http://tnne.ws/21LOo3E) the lawsuit was filed Monday by attorney Gary Blackburn. It says former Pearl-Cohn High School student Toni Jones was pulled out of algebra by an assistant principal after taking a predictive test to take remedial classes despite having a passing grade.
The Metro Government of Nashville and Davidson County is listed as the defendant.
The lawsuit says Jones, and other students with similar experiences, were deprived of a "constitutionally protected property interest in her public education." It says the end result was a negative impact to Jones' education.
A Metro Schools spokeswoman couldn't comment.
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