The county school board and former superintendent William Hite are named in the suit.
Prince George’s County Public Schools are facing a $100 million dollar class-action lawsuit in which a union alleges age and race discrimination by the Board of Education and the system’s former superintendent, William Hite, according to NBC4. NBC4 reports that the Association of Supervisory and Administrative School Personnel, a union representing some PGCPS employees, filed the action on Nov. 2 alleging that Hite fired or demoted 100 administrators and principals because of age or race. Hite, who is named in the suit along with the county school board, resigned from his post as superintendent of PGCPS earlier this year to head up the Philadelphia School District. PGCPS is currently being headed up by interim superintendent Alvin Crawley…
A federal sexual harassment lawsuit against police, a little café slamming big name music venues in a radio competition, and more this week.
Police arrest 10 in a Laurel prostitution sting; a school bus driver is sentenced for producing child porn; Doctors Hospital faces a lawsuit by the family of a man who died after a run-in with police; Bowie Wal-Mart was evacuated after a bomb threat; Hyattsville Council is mum on a federal sexual harassment lawsuit against police; and a cafe is slamming metro area music venue giants in a radio contest—headlines tell of a busy week in Prince George's County. Police Arrest 10 in North Laurel Prostitution Sting Police in North Laurel continue to make business a little more difficult for prostitutes. A sting along Route 1 yielded 10 arrest last week. Police say the arrests were part of an ongoing operation to reduce prostitution along the …
Bowie State, along with three other historically black institutions, is suing the state of lack of funding and other issues.
Bowie State University (BSU) and three other historically black institutions (HBI) in Maryland, are enmeshed in a lawsuit the state of Maryland over appropriate state funding for the schools, according to Afro. Lawyers for the Coalition for Equality and Excellence in Maryland Higher Education Inc., who are representing the HBI, claim that by providing better funding and facilities to “white” institutions and by allowing those institutions to duplicate HBI program, the state is perpetuating a system of de facto segregation. According to Afro, the HBI’s lawsuit is based on both what they perceive as inadequate funding and, “...on Maryland’s 2000 Agreement with the Office of Civil Rights where Maryland agreed to enhance the HBCUs to the …
Kenneth Hull
8:55 pm on Sunday, March 3, 2013
This man has been on the job in Philly for a short period of time.He is terrible and trying to close neighborhood schools already.This is not what public education is about in large urban cities in the North.He does not talk about educating the kids or helping the teachers to teach in better conditions. He uses the poor environments in cities to enhance his reputation.Only concerned about himself… more ›