Spence School Faces Revived Suit Over Student Instagram Flap
- Her half-day reflection may have breached contract, court says
- Spence says will ‘vigorously defend’ Instagram chat punishment
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A New York appeals court revived a lawsuit against the elite Spence School for disciplining a student over an Instagram post.
Adam and Michelle Parker in 2019 sued the Upper East Side all-girls private school for slander and other claims after their then-15-year-old daughter was ordered to stay home for a half-day of “reflection.” The punishment was imposed after the girl posted a chat to Instagram in which she participated in jokes about dressing up for Halloween as enslaved people, indigenous people and Hitler.