2/19/13 - The lawsuit filed by a former Hartland Consolidated School principal against the district will get a final chance to be settled before going to trial. The suit alleges the Hartland district violated the Whistleblower Protection Act when it failed to renew the administrative contract of Tracey Sahouri. It also claims she was the subject of harassment and discrimination. Sahouri was removed as the principal of Creekside Elementary School after a state report concluded a breach of security in administering the MEAP test to students there in 2011. She then served as an Assistant Principal at the high school before the district declined to renew her administrative contract. Sahouri has since been assigned to work as a study skills and special-education teacher at the district's Legacy alternative high school. The case had been referred to mediation, but that failed to produce a settlement. Now, court records indicate that an alternative dispute resolution, or ADR, hearing has been set in Genesee County Circuit Court for April 3rd in the case. That process will allow both sides to present their case to a three-member legal panel, which will then determine a probable outcome and designate a proposed settlement. The two sides will then have 28 days to accept or reject the determination. Sahouri is seeking more than $100,000 in damages. (JK)
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