The Manhattan U.S. Attorney announced May 18 that the city Department of Education has agreed to pay more than $1.1 million to three black Teachers who were victims of racial bias and an Assistant Principal who was retaliated against for reporting the Principal who discriminated against them.
The settlement brings an end to the 2016 lawsuit brought by then-Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, which claimed that during the 2012-2013 school year, the DOE allowed Pan American International High School’s then-Principal, Minerva Zanca, to use racist language and discriminate against the only black Teachers at the school—John Flanagan, Heather Hightower and Lisa-Erika James.
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