Mlive reports G.R.P.S. has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a black student who says he was repeatedly subjected to racial slurs by a white classmate, records show. The parties have reached a confidential settlement that awaits approval by a federal judge, records show. The black student, identified in court records by his initials, was "openly and often" called "n-----" by the white student during the last school year, his attorney, Nakisha Chaney, wrote in a brief in support of the settlement filed in U.S. District Court.She said the boy's mother, Sumayyah Waver, repeatedly complained to Sherwood Park Global Studies Academy without sufficient response. The district's attorney, Craig Noland, contended that school officials "completely resolved and addressed the problems" between the two students.He would not reveal terms of the proposed settlement but said it allows the district to avoid litigation costs of defending the lawsuit.In court records, the school district denied being deliberately indifferent to racial slurs, or that it discriminated or retaliated against the black student.