BC high school student gets $5,000 after school ignored their anxiety

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BC high school student gets $5,000 after school ignored their anxiety

A BC school district has been ordered to pay up after it failed to accommodate a student's anxiety disorder. The BC Human Rights Tribunal awarded her $5,000 after the student's parent complained about her workload and class environment, which was aggravating her anxiety disorder. No one was publicly named in the decision, including the student and the school district. The awarded centres around attempts by the student's mother to have the sch…