Post by Logan on Mar 18, 2016 14:11:51 GMT -6
SRC pays former administrator $725,000 to settle whistleblower suit
The Philadelphia School Reform Commission has quietly settled one of four lawsuits stemming from a controversial $7.5 million no-bid camera contract backed by then-Superintendent Arlene C. Ackerman.
With no advance notice and no public discussion, the SRC agreed Thursday to pay $725,000 to Francis Dougherty, the former top administrator who lost his job in 2011 after he revealed the no-bid deal to the Inquirer.
Dougherty sued the district, and last year, a federal jury found that he had been wrongfully suspended and fired for disclosing the contract to provide surveillance cameras in troubled schools.
The $725,000 agreement settles Doughtery's federal claims and covers part of his lost wages and legal bills.
Read more: www.philly.com/philly/education/20160319_SRC_pays_former_administrator__725_000_to_settle_whistleblower_suit.html
The Philadelphia School Reform Commission has quietly settled one of four lawsuits stemming from a controversial $7.5 million no-bid camera contract backed by then-Superintendent Arlene C. Ackerman.
With no advance notice and no public discussion, the SRC agreed Thursday to pay $725,000 to Francis Dougherty, the former top administrator who lost his job in 2011 after he revealed the no-bid deal to the Inquirer.
Dougherty sued the district, and last year, a federal jury found that he had been wrongfully suspended and fired for disclosing the contract to provide surveillance cameras in troubled schools.
The $725,000 agreement settles Doughtery's federal claims and covers part of his lost wages and legal bills.
Read more: www.philly.com/philly/education/20160319_SRC_pays_former_administrator__725_000_to_settle_whistleblower_suit.html