Fort Worth ISD is asking a judge to permanently throw out a lawsuit filed in 2012 by a former Arlington Heights High School administrator accusing the district of whistleblower retaliation, and although a trial was scheduled, it is now delayed.
In August 2010, Joseph Palazzolo, a former assistant principal and campus diversity representative at Arlington Heights, filed a complaint with the Texas Education Agency alleging falsification of attendance records, sexual misconduct, and discrimination at the high school.
Three months later, Palazzolo was fired by the district upon grounds that school officials said were “unrelated to his reports of wrongdoing.” Palazzolo appealed his termination to TEA…