Vermont: Jury sides with fired Peoples Academy teacher in retaliation lawsuit

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    Jury sides with fired Peoples Academy teacher in retaliation lawsuit


    A former Peoples Academy teacher who accused his superintendent of pushing him out the door on trumped-up charges for criticizing her leadership has prevailed in federal court. A jury has found that Lamoille South Unified Union Superintendent Tracy Wrend was retaliating against David Bain, a veteran teacher in the district, when she disciplined him and later recommended he be fired. Bain was awarded $150,000 in damages. The trial in U.S. District Court in Rutland opened on Monday and lasted three days. Bain’s attorney, Chandler Matson, a lawyer with the Barr Law Group in Stowe, said the jury deliberated for about ...


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