CHICAGO (CBS) — A beloved school administrator is taking action against the Chicago Public Schools, and the specific high school he says unfairly let him go.
While time has passed, Shohn Williams, the former dean of students at Lindblom Math and Science Academy in West Englewood, says his firing still stings.
“Why? And that’s the question I would love the answer for,” Williams said, “because for 18 years, I did everything the right way.”
Yet Williams is no longer employed with the Chicago Public Schools—and he is hoping to get clarification on why through a federal lawsuit against CPS.
“All of my evaluations were ‘distinguished’ or ‘proficient,'” Williams said. “How does that happen? How?”
The lawsuit centers around two claims—violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act for retaliation, and common law retaliatory discharge.
According to the suit, while at a basketball game on CPS property on Feb. 7, “Mr. Williams was physically assaulted by a third party causing him significant injury.”