One of a group of Chicago teachers who claimed they were fired from their jobs because they were black was awarded a $225,000 judgment on Monday.
Sara Meegan was one of several black teachers who filed a lawsuit against the Chicago Board of Education and George Washington High School principal Florence Gonzales.
A jury on Monday ruled in her favor and Meegan was awarded $225,000, according to court records.
The teachers claimed in lawsuits that they were forced out after Gonzales took over the high school in the 2007-08 school year. Gonzales retired from CPS in June 2012, a CPS spokeswoman said.
Gonzales was accused of using the N-word to describe black teachers, and allegedly told a teacher she got rid of a special "Options for Knowledge" program so black students who rode buses to participate would stop coming, according to the suit.
A CPS spokesperson was not immediately available for comment Wednesday.
Other teachers are involved in a separate lawsuit alleging discrimination in connection with 2012's "turnaround" program by CPS.
