A Long Island high school doled out a $125,000 settlement to a former student after district officials removed a pro-Palestinian mural she painted on her senior parking space.

Half Hollow Hills West and the 2025 graduate reached the six-figure settlement earlier this month to end a legal battle that erupted when school leaders rolled white paint over a watermelon and keffiyeh design on the parking lot pavement in September 2024.

Both symbols invoke Palestinian solidary – but led to controversy in Suffolk County’s Dix Hills and a subsequent lawsuit by the student who claimed her free speech rights were brushed aside when she tried to participate in the longtime school tradition.

Jane Khan, a Muslim-American who graduated from Half Hollow Hills, was awarded a $125,000 settlement after the district painted over Khan’s watermelon and keffiyeh design on her senior parking space.…