The Grundy County, Tennessee, school district still has not formally responded to a lawsuit filed in January by a former school bus driver who said she never received the bonus check to which she is entitled.
On Aug. 10, 2017, the school board voted to include bus drivers in the nonprofessional staff bonuses for this school year.
In her lawsuit, Terri Tate claims her civil rights were violated when she was singled out and not paid the bonus approved for all non-licensed personnel. She said she found out when she asked administrators when she could pick up her check and was told her name wasn’t on the list of employees getting a check.
Other bus drivers did receive a bonus, but only half of it, they said at last month’s board meeting.
The board then approved the remainder of the bonus money to be paid, something that may have been prompted by Tate’s lawsuit.