Back in April 2006 Jeff Leardini was a teacher at Community House Middle School. Then five students accused him of touching them inappropriately. He quickly resigned and was later charged with sexual misconduct. A judge initially found him guilty of two counts of assault, but an appeal to a jury resulted in an acquittal on all charges in June 2007.
Now Leardini has filed suit against CMS seeking damages for how CMS administrators handled the incident. Specifically the suit charges that HR official Kay Cunningham falsely told Leardini that the district had a strict “no touch” policy and as a result he would be fired if he did not resign immediately. He was further told that if he resigned, he would be paid for the rest of the school year.
Turns out that was not exactly true. The following week the suit says Cunningham called to say she had made a mistake and Leardini would not get paid. When he said he intended to fight his termination in that case, Cunningham reversed course and CMS paid him.
Somehow I doubt this case makes it to open court.
