Civil Plaintiff
Family Sues Boarding School After Son Takes His Own Life in “Solitary Confinement”
The family of an Italian teenager who died by suicide at an international boarding school in Thornwood after being disciplined for cheating has filed a lawsuit against the school and several of its administrators.
Claudio Mandia hung himself on Feb. 17, just days before his 18th birthday, in a room at EF Academy where he had been kept for four days of what the lawsuit terms “solitary confinement” following his expulsion for academic dishonesty.
He had gotten another student to complete a math paper for him at a time when, his family said, he was under extreme stress. There had been a death in the family and schoolwork was piling up after he returned late from winter break because he and family members had contracted COVID.
