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  • Jury awards $1.4M to teacher who refused to change Fs & Ds

    03/30/2007 6:58:25 AM PDT · by Ellesu · 152 replies · 655+ views
    katc.com ^ | 03/30/07 | katc
    BATON ROUGE, La. -- The West Feliciana Parish school system must pay more than $1.4 million to an English teacher who was suspended and demoted after refusing to change the Ds and Fs she gave to 70 percent of her students, a federal jury has found. The jury of four men and five women deliberated almost four hours before finding that the school board, superintendent and the principal at West Feliciana High School had harassed Paula Payne, violated her First Amendment rights and retaliated against her. "This is civics in action," Superintendent Lloyd Lindsey said. "The jury has spoken." He...