FCPS Superintendent Liggins demands job back, says he was illegally placed on leave

Fayette County School District Superintendent Demetrus Liggins is demanding his job back, arguing he was illegally placed on leave earlier this month.

A lawyer for Liggins sent the district a statement overnight Friday demanding officials reinstate him in the next four days.

The lawyer, Washington-based Amos Jones — seemingly a new lawyer with whom Liggins had not worked during the initial stages of his employment fight — contends the school violated state law by interpreting as a resignation Liggins’ notice to school board members that he was interested in negotiating a separation agreement…

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