In February, the Southeast Texas Record reported on a suit filed by a group of electricians and their union against 10 contractors and two school districts, alleging the defendants did not follow prevailing wage laws when they paid the electricians.
A group of electricians and their union filed a lawsuit against 10 contractors and two school districts, alleging the defendants did not follow prevailing wage laws when they paid the electricians.
A Port Arthur Independent School District math teacher, whose 14 years of service sits under the chopping block, alleged Tuesday that the district "stacked the deck" against him after he spoke out about under-prepared students.
After two years of litigation, the Port Arthur Independent School District is now seeking to have an age discrimination suit brought by a former teacher dismissed.
In 1974, Dr. Edna Edwards began her career with the Port Arthur Independent School District as a special education teacher. Twenty-five years later, she became the principal of Stephen F. Austin Middle School. Presently, Dr. Edwards has been "demoted" to a position with the District Wide Alternative.
Texas justices on the Ninth Court of Appeals reversed a lower court's ruling that would have allowed a former teacher to pursue civil action against the Port Arthur Independent School District over an alleged discrimination firing.
David Oubre The Port Arthur Independent School District has filed suit against an employee in hopes the court will reverse an insurance hearing that awarded the woman continued disability payments.