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Montclair School Board Quietly Paid $155,000 To Settle Teacher’s Hostile Work Environment Lawsuit.

On October 5, 2023, the Montclair Board of Education in Essex County, NJ, quietly reached a settlement to pay $155,000 to a former teacher. The settlement was in response to her lawsuit claiming that the school officials failed to adequately protect her from harassment by a colleague. In her lawsuit, Marleen Awad, a former math […]