CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) - A high school senior acknowledges he went too far
when he mooned a teacher. But he thinks the decision of school officials to send
him to a new school for the rest of the year was too harsh, so his family is
suing.
Tyler Tillung, 18, mooned a teacher "suddenly and without thinking about the
consequences" in February, according to the lawsuit filed Tuesday. The teacher
had declined to let him into a Feb. 21 school lip sync show that was full. He
was suspended for six days and reassigned to a new school.
But the teen wants to graduate with his Palm Harbor University High class in six
weeks and complete his final season on the varsity baseball team, the lawsuit
said.
"We're talking about his graduation," said Tillung's lawyer, B. Edwin Johnson.
"That's an important event in a guy's life. ... This kid deserves a break."
School Board Attorney Jim Robinson said administrators stand by their decision.
"Without knowing the allegations, we're confident in the administration's
position on this case," Robinson said. Palm Harbor principal Herman "Doc" Allen
described the mooning as "disgusting" and the teacher as "traumatized."
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