‘Right-sizing’ school plan sparks age-discrimination lawsuit

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A lawsuit accuses the Kansas City Missouri School District of discriminating against older teachers and principals as it implemented its “right-sizing” plan.

Filed in Jackson County on behalf of an individual named Thomas Levin, the suit hopes to bring a class-action case against the district on behalf of workers aged 40 and older “who met the school district’s legitimate job expectations but were nonetheless terminated, non-renewed, demoted, re-assigned, or otherwise adversely affected” when the district closed approximately half of its buildings before the current school year.