Jefferson City School District settles discrimination case for $1.2 million

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)

The Jefferson City School District has settled a lawsuit filed by a former employee for more than $1.2 million.

The district agreed in a settlement last month to pay $1.225 million in the age and sex discrimination lawsuit filed in 2017 by Tammy Ferry. More than $500,000 will go to attorney's fees. Ferry will receive nearly $6,400 monthly for seven years starting in January.

JC Schools will pay its insurer $500,000 to facilitate the payments, according to the settlement.

Ferry was also at the center of another high-profile civil case when she challenged her firing for loading school data onto her computer. Ferry said the district fired her in retaliation for her discrimination lawsuit. The Missouri Supreme Court upheld that firing earlier this year.

As part of the settlement Ferry agreed to destroy all the documents transferred from the school to her Google account. She also agreed not to seek a job with the district again.

A Cole County judge dismissed the discrimination case last Friday after the court got word of the settlement, according to court records. A trial had been set for November.