Last week, Liggins reportedly requested the board discuss a separation agreement with FCPS. The move follows a year of turmoil over financial mismanagement, missing contingency funds, a budget shortfall and layoffs.
The board announced his resignation, which Liggins disputes, and in a special-called meeting June 10, board members placed him on paid leave. Assistant Superintendent Bill Bradford was appointed interim superintendent.
Liggins has hired Amos Jones Law Firm, a civil rights lawyer based in Washington, D.C., and Lexington attorney William L. Davis. The lawyers filed a complaint delivered Thursday to school board members, demanding he be reinstated. In a statement, the lawyers say “FCPS manufactured a resignation where none existed” and argue the board cited an incorrect law as the basis for placing him on leave…