Palo Alto school district accused of discrimination after boy was locked in closet

Locked in a closet for 15 minutes.

That's what one Bay Area African American family says happened to their 9-year-old son at an after school program in Palo Alto. The family is now taking legal action against the Palo Alto Unified School District.

In a statement, the school district stressed that the employee involved in the closet incident was not a district employee and said the family inaccurately portrayed the district's response.

NBC Bay Area's Marianne Favro has more in her video report above.

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