M.P., by and Through His Parents and Natural Guardians K. And D.P. v. Independent School District No. 721, New Prague Arlene Pexa

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• holding that a factfinder could find gross misjudgment when, among other things, the district failed to respond to a mother’s calls regarding her child’s safety and threatened to drastically alter the student’s school day
• applying a bad faith or gross misjudgment standard and, without acknowledging Davis, citing a pre-Davis Eighth Circuit case that did not involve claims of peer-on-peer harassment
• school district not liable to provide compensatory services when child was placed in private school prior to filing due process complaint
• parents who removed their child from “intolerable situation” at school where he was verbally harassed and physically assaulted by classmates were barred from bringing IDEA claim against the school since they did not request a due process hearing until after removal
• affirming the dismissal of a student’s IDEA claims under Thompson

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