Coast Guard Academy settles suit over policy banning parents
By The Associated Press
Oct 6, 08:05 PM
NEW LONDON, Conn. — A Coast Guard Academy cadet who was expelled for becoming a father will get his degree as part of a legal settlement, his attorneys said Thursday.
Isaak Olson sued the academy in December after years of endeavoring to be reinstated as a cadet. He was two months from graduating, with a degree in mechanical engineering and a commission as an officer, when he disclosed in 2014 that his fiancee had given birth to their first child, according the lawsuit.
“No one should ever have to choose between the honor of being a Coast Guard cadet and the honor of being a parent,” Olson said Thursday in a statement released by his lawyers. He said he was “thankful the academy has reached a settlement that recognizes my right to both.”
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2022/10/07/coast-guard-academy-settles-suit-over-policy-banning-parents/
