School Board To Discuss Sahouri Settlement Monday Night

Hartland Consolidated Schools' Board of Education will discuss a possible settlement with former Principal Tracey Sahouri in a closed session Monday night, according to the Press & Argus.

Superintendent Janet Sifferman told the Press & Argus that it is just a discussion and she doubts any action will be taken that night.

As Hartland Patch previously reported, Sahouri, former principal of Creekside Elementary School and former vice principal of Hartland High School, is suing the Hartland Consolidated Schools district over circumstances involving her reassignment as a study-skills and special-education teacher.

She could receive $525,000 in a proposed settlement of her lawsuit against the district. Sahouri and the district have until the end of the month to agree to the deal.

The Hartland school board voted 6-0 for the non-renewal of Sahouri’s administrative contract in March last year. Sahouri, who was then a vice-principal at Hartland High School, was transferred there in November 2011 after allegations that she mishandled the MEAP test during her time at Creekside. 

In the lawsuit, which was filed in April 2012, Sahouri sued the school district for slander and libel, invasion of privacy and gross negligence and claiming the district "spoon-fed" information to the press with a "reckless disregard of the truth,” according to the Press & Argus. The lawsuit also alleges that the school system violated the Whistleblower Protection Act by not renewing her administrative contract.

>>Read what Hartland Patch readers had to say about Sahouri and her lawsuit.

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