Former AD’s Race Discrimination Lawsuit Is Dismissed as Court Sides with School District

A federal judge from the Eastern District of Michigan granted a school district’s motion for summary judgment in a case in which it was sued by an athletic director, who claimed the school district and individual defendants discriminated against him on the basis of race.   In October 2016, the Bridgeport Spaulding School District's Board of Education (Board) voted unanimously to hire plaintiff Eugene Seals to a one-year Contracted Services Personnel Agreement (Agreement) as Athletic Direc