A New Jersey school district has been accused of ignoring a child’s bullying case and trying to silence his family from speaking out about it, according to a new lawsuit.

The now 13-year-old plaintiff, who is not named in the lawsuit, claims board members at Montclair Public Schools did nothing to help him during his one and only year in the district, where he faced constant racial and homophobic attacks, NorthJersey.com reported .

The boy and his family alleged that the district not only tried to sweep his case under the rug — but they also backed a claim made against the family to scare them from filing any more reports against his bullies, attorney Lawrence Kleiner said.

“They made his life a living hell in that school,” Kleiner told the local outlet. “The board did nothing excep

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