On June 26, the family of Nex Benedict filed a lawsuit against Owasso Public Schools.

On September 15, the district formally submitted its response. The findings were broken up into multiple documents.

OPS responded to each claim made in the Benedicts' lawsuit, denying the majority of the 77 allegations listed, namely in paragraphs 16 and 17 of the suit, which states the bullying and harassment Nex received was open and obvious to teachers and staff, and that Nex or Nex's family reported the bullying to the district multiple times.

The district admits Nex was in in-house suspension, with other students, and that a fight did happen and school staff responded.

"If conflict happens, if bullying happens, we just, it's unacceptable. We want to address it immediately."

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