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A lawsuit against a Township High School District 113 parent over things she posted in criticizing a teacher — for a social media post criticizing the Israeli military — has been dismissed, perhaps the final chapter in the legal saga of a controversy dating back to 2023.

Britnee Kenyon is the theater director at Deerfield High School. In 2023, Kenyon, who is Jewish, shared a post on her social media — which was being followed by some district students — from American author Ibram X. Kendi, who criticized the Israeli military in regards to the Israel-Hamas War and accused it of ethnic cleansing.

The post drew extensive backlash from some parents, and days later, then-board President Daniel Struck put out a statement to the community referencin

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