Settlement for Fired Football Coach who Objected to CRT in Daughter’s Class

READ: https://www.judicialwatch.org/ma-school-district-settles-lawsuit/
https://www.judicialwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Flynn-v.-Forrest-letter-10256.pdf
WATCH: https://www.judicialwatch.org/videos/football-coach-interview/
Judicial Watch announced last week that its client David Flynn, who was removed from his position as head football coach after exercising his right as a parent-citizen to raise concerns about critical race theory and Black Lives Matter propaganda in his daughter’s seventh-grade history class, settled his civil rights lawsuit against his former employers at Dedham Public Schools. As part of the settlement, the Superintendent of Dedham Public Schools, Michael Welch, acknowledged “the important and valid issues” raised by Flynn and specific changes in school policies because of Flynn’s complaint, including banning teachers from promoting Black Lives Matter to students online.

The Superintendent’s acknowledgment is the result of a February 2021 lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts against the superintendent, high school principal, and high school athletic director for retaliating against Flynn for exercising his First Amendment rights (Flynn v. Forrest et al. (No. 21-cv-10256)).