Parent claims district retaliated against him

Avonworth man protested mask rules

reside outside of the district” and threatening that it would force the family to An Avonworth School “pay ‘the value of back tuition District parent who for both children for all founded an anti-masking time that they were’ allegedly group has sued district officials ‘ improperly enrolled on the grounds they in the district,’” the lawsuit retaliated against his children said. for his advocacy. At a hearing on the matter

Harry Wynkoop,matter on Feb. 8, the lawsuit founder of My Kid, My said that the district revealed Choice, filed the lawsuit on that it had hired a behalf of him and his children private investigator to Tuesday in U.S. District conduct surveillance operations Court against Avonworth of Mr. Wynkoop’s Superintendent Jeff children. About a week Hadley and members of the later, the district ruled school board. that Mr. Wynkoop could

The Avonworth School not establish that one of District began the year his children lived within with a universal indoor its borders — a decision masking policy. The district under appeal in Allegheny moved to optional County Common Pleas masking in March. Court.

According to the lawsuit, The lawsuit also said Mr. Mr. Wynkoop, who Wynkoop got a medical exemption also hosts a show on WJASAM to the mask rule called “Unindoctrinated for one of his children who Radio,” circulated a has asthma, but the district petition and hosted rallies refused to allow the child to in August and September go maskless. Instead, the demanding that the district child had to participate in end its mask mandate. He virtual learning, which the also spoke out against the suit says has led to a drop edict at a September school in grades and caused the board meeting. child to have increased

After those actions, the anxiety due to being separated lawsuit said, the district from other children. disseminated an email The district did not respond with “personally identifiable to a request for comment. information concerning [Mr. Wynkoop’s] minor The lawsuit is requesting children” and “clearly compensation for Mr. identifying” Mr. Wynkoop, Wynkoop and his children his wife and one of his two for their emotional pain children, only noted as J.W. and suffering, other punitive and G.W. in the suit. damages and legal fees.

In November, the district sent a letter to Mr.

Wynkoop “falsely alleging that his minor children