Race Discrimination: $1 Million Settlement In School Superintendent Termination

A 52-year-old white public school superintendent in the Los Angeles County area who claimed he was illegally fired by a newly elected Latino majority school board will be paid $1 million in a confidential settlement to resolve his lawsuit. The superintendent alleged that the new school board president ordered him to terminate a number of white administrators and fired him when he refused. The board contended that the superintendent’s employment contract was invalid and the board had the right to terminate him without cause.