Judge Denies Middletown, New York, School District’s Request to Dismiss Discrimination Lawsuit

Judge Denies Middletown, New York, School District’s Request to Dismiss Discrimination Lawsuit
A student waits at the building entrance of Middle High School after dismissal in Middletown, N.Y., on Sept. 20,2022. Cara Ding/The Epoch Times
Cara Ding
Updated:
0:00

A federal judge denied a request on Oct. 6 to dismiss a discrimination lawsuit by three former African American school administrators against the Middletown School District in New York.

The district’s attorney Howard Miller argued that the job reassignments or terminations of the three plaintiffs were based on legitimate, objective reasons—not driven by racial bias or retaliation against protected speech.