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Sunday, December 22, 2024

Jefferson Middle School

Recent News About Jefferson Middle School

  • PAISD asserts sovereign immunity in reinstatement suit

    By David Yates |
    The Port Arthur Independent School District is asserting a defense of sovereign immunity from a suit brought by an educator alleging the district refused to renew her contract satisfactorily. Tanuya Worthy filed a lawsuit March 24 in Jefferson County District Court against PAISD alleging employment discrimination. Court records show that on July 24 PAISD answered the suit, asserting a general denial and arguing that Worthy failed to exhaust her administrative remedies before filing suit.

  • Athletics director seeks reinstatement

    By Carol Ostrow |
    A Jefferson County educator has sued her employer, alleging refusal to renew her contract satisfactorily.

  • Former chief justice joins Texas appellate firm

    By Marilyn Tennissen |
    After serving more than 10 years on Texas’ highest court, former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson is now taking his appellate experience into the private sector by joining a boutique law firm.

  • Jefferson steps down amid praise from governor, reformers

    By Marilyn Tennissen |
    The state’s first African American chief justice, Wallace Jefferson, has announced he will step down from his seat on the Texas Supreme Court at the end of the month.