Fed inquiry aimed at Hawaii school

By Nelson Daranciang

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 14, 2013

~~<p>The Justice Department is conducting an investigation of allegations of assaults at the Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind, the state Attorney General says in federal court records.</p>
<p>A lawsuit filed by students at the Kapahulu public school and their parents, claiming sexual assaults and other violence by students against other students, resulted in the state agreeing last month to a $5.75 million settlement. A federal judge is scheduled to consider final approval of the class-action settlement next month.</p>
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The Justice Department is conducting an investigation of allegations of assaults at the Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind, the state Attorney General says in federal court records.

A lawsuit filed by students at the Kapahulu public school and their parents, claiming sexual assaults and other violence by students against other students, resulted in the state agreeing last month to a $5.75 million settlement. A federal judge is scheduled to consider final approval of the class-action settlement next month. Login for more...