The Education Wars

A school district settles a sex discrimination suit filed by 22 teachers, and of course the teachers have receive a pittance.

The Richland School District will pay $460,000 to 22 female teachers who claimed in a federal lawsuit that they were the victims of sex discrimination and were due back wages.

The teachers and district filed a joint statement in U.S. District Court in Johnstown asking that the suit be dismissed, The Tribune-Democrat has learned.

While the checks would average $22,900 per teacher, individual payments would vary based on the length of service and the individual circumstances of each teacher. “Somebody might get $2,000; somebody might get $50,000,” said Carl Beard of Altoona, the district’s attorney.

Of course the lawyers get a hell of a lot more.