Fired schools chief sues Capistrano Unified for $5.5 million

01-27-2010

By Scott Martindale/Orange County Register

Fired Capistrano Unified schools chief A. Woodrow Carter has filed a $5.5 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against the school district alleging his termination has resulted in "future lost salary" and benefits, his second such attempt to be compensated since he was let go nearly a year ago. Carter says Capistrano's school board violated the terms of his employment contract when he was fired in March 2009, according to a filing last week in Orange County Superior Court. The school board neglected to "refer promptly all criticism, complaints and suggestions" to Carter for "his information and for study and recommendation," the lawsuit says. "At all times herein relevant, (Carter) substantially performed his job duties except where his performance was excused or prevented by respondent's board of trustees or otherwise," the lawsuit says. (more...)

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