
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, November 12, 1993                   TAG: 9311120175
SECTION: NATL/INTL                    PAGE: A4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: associated press
DATELINE: MINNEAPOLIS                                LENGTH: Short

GIRL BACKED ON SEX-BIAS COMPLAINT

The state Department of Human Rights ruled in favor of a grade-school girl who complained that boys as young as 6 made lewd remarks and sexual taunts on the school bus.

The agency found probable cause that the Eden Prairie School District discriminated against Cheltzie Hentz and other girls because the boys were not handled as violators of the district's sexual-harassment policy.

In April, the district agreed to crack down on sexual harassment after the U.S. Education Department said it mishandled Cheltzie's complaints.

Cheltzie was 6 during the 1991-92 school year, when she complained to her mother about "naughty" language and behavior on the bus, including comments about girls' sex organs and explicit suggestions about oral sex.

The district warned students about inappropriate language and temporarily banned one boy from the bus, but the harassment continued, investigators said. - Associated Press

by CNB