Discrimination claims added to Pa. backboard restraint lawsuit

Discrimination claims added to Pa. backboard restraint lawsuit

WILLIAMSPORT—Discrimination claims have been added to the federal lawsuit that stems from a Williamsport Area High School special needs student being strapped to a backboard in a class.Page Carol and Nathaniel Woods Jr. allege in an amended complaint filed Friday in U.S. Middle District Court that their son, who is Black and identified as N.W., was treated differently than white students by the instructor Richard A. Caschera III.