Florida Educator Sues School District After Termination for Blowing the Whistle

Florida Educator Sues School District After Termination for Blowing the Whistle
Entrance to Manatee Elementary School in Fort Myers, Fla., in April 2019. Google Maps/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla.—A Florida educator has filed a lawsuit against Lee County schools after being fired last week for sounding the alarm that her school was not reporting violent threats, which is required by state law.

The former assistant principal also contended as part of her lawsuit that she was discriminated against on the basis of her ethnicity and health issues and wants to be compensated with back pay, front pay, insurance costs, benefits, and damages.