NORWIN SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER PLANS TO REFILE LAWSUIT

A Norwin School Board member is planning to refile a lawsuit against the district and former superintendent Jeff Taylor after a judge dismissed his case.  The Trib reports that Alex Deschelt claimed the district and former Superintendent infringed on his first amendment rights after he posted a meme that used a sexually explicit term and an insensitive term to describe US Senator John Fetterman.  US District Judge W. Scott Hardy dismissed the case in December, saying that Detschelt did not make a claim for which the court can grant him some type of relief.  But in his ruling, Hardy said that Detschelt could file an amended complaint by Jan. 10.  Hardy also dismissed the suit to the extent that Detschelt sought punitive damages against Norwin and Taylor, who now is the assistant superintendent of the Carlynton School District in the Crafton area.