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Lee County School District Court Case Study

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On November 14, 2016, a Class Action Pursuant was filed against the School Board of Lee County Florida. The case was Gittens verses School Board of Lee County filed in 2017 in the United States District Court (Gittens v. School Board of Lee County, 2017). Several plaintiffs that are employed by the Lee County School Board filed a lawsuit claiming that the Lee County School District discriminated against them due to their race. The plaintiffs in the Class Action Pursuant stated that the School District of Lee County employs a selection process for promotions that discriminates against African Americans (Gittens, 2017). However, the Lawsuit focuses attention on the unwritten policy and followed practice by the School District. Therefore African-Americans …show more content…

Consequently, a review of the employment process is instructive (Gittens, 2017). The Chief Human Resource Officer for the Lee County School District Dr. Angela Pruitt (2017) provided an Affidavit that explained the School District process for hiring an Assistant Principal. Dr. Pruitt (2017) mentioned that for an applicant to be considered for the position of an Assistant Principal, that the applicant must apply and then accepted into the AP Pool. Also, after the applicant has been approved, they are then eligible to apply and even hired for an Assistant Principal position within any district (Gittens, …show more content…

However, the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a very important Law that provides protection against employment discrimination (Stewart & Brown, 2015). Besides, Title VII also prohibits any discrimination that is based on color, race, national origin, religion, and sex (Stewart & Brown, 2015). Some of the ethical issues are the fairness and diversity of the School District in the Lawsuit. The plaintiff’s in the case of Gittens verses School Board of Lee County believe they were discriminated based on their

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