Salem-Keizer Public Schools is suing not only the student's parents, but also the student himself, to recoup some of the money to repair the damages.
The district said in the suit that the mother and the boy's stepfather failed to "exercise reasonable control" over the boy. The school said the boy had a dozen disciplinary cases over eight months while he was a student at Crossler Middle School. He had two issues that were described as behavioral episodes that needed calls home, Oregon Live reported.
There is a law on the books in Oregon that says that parents are liable for property damage done by their children, but the law limits the amount parents are held liable for to $7,500 or less than half than the total cost of the damage. But there is no cap for students, so he could be forced to pay more than $11,000, The Statesman Journal reported.
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