Whistleblower lawsuit filed against Atlanta Public Schools
A whistleblower lawsuit claims that the Atlanta school system retaliated against an employee who reported her supervisor paid vendors before work was completed and wrongfully spent federal grant money to pay school principals.
Cherise Jefferson, an administrative assistant for fine arts, alleged in the May 29 lawsuit that after returning from medical leave in 2011, she initially was told she couldn’t return to her previous position, had her job responsibilities reduced and was moved to a smaller work station.
The suit is pending in Fulton County Superior Court.
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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.
