Parents Brian Vazuez and Ashok Roy sued after their three children were expelled from the Nysmith School for the Gifted after the parents complained that they weren’t responding to antisemitism against their 11-year-old daughter.
The lawsuit was filed with the Virginia Attorney General’s Office of Civil Rights.
They said students were taught that Adolf Hitler was “a strong historical leader.” They showed pictures provided as evidence. “It was followed by a pattern of persistent and severe anti-Semitic harassment of Complainants’ young daughter,” the suit also mentions.
The headmaster Kenneth Nysmith promised to address the issue.
“Mr. Nysmith promised to take action – but did nothing. A few weeks later, after Mr. Nysmith decided to hang a Palestinian flag in the Nysmith School gym, the harassment of their daughter grew more severe,” the complaint states.
The parents said they pleaded with Nysmith and his response was to expel the children.
According to the Johns Hopkins University Center, the Nysmith School is one of the top ten in the world. It’s not just any school.
Caveat: We haven’t heard Mr. Nysmith’s counter argument. Perhaps this is blown out of proportion. We can only hope!
Mr. Nysmith has also been named in the lawsuit.
A northern Virginia private school hung up a Palestinian flag in the school gym and taught the kids that H!tler was a “strong historical leader,” before expelling Jewish kids who complained. pic.twitter.com/sSGphCJTk1
— Marina Medvin (@MarinaMedvin) July 1, 2025
Hitler was a strong charismatic historical leader, but he was also a very evil man that caused the death of tens of millions of people. He should be studied to understand how people can be manipulated in doing terrible evil things. To fail to understand history is to condemn people to repeat the mistakes of the past. Obviously the school… Read more »