Philadelphia teachers sued the Philadelphia school district, accusing the district of violating their First Amendment rights after they protested against asbestos.
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Ethan Tannen and Carolyn Gray, who are current teachers at Julia R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School along with Karen Celli, who retired in June 2023, claim in a lawsuit obtained by ABC News that the school docked their pay for unauthorized absences after they assembled their workstations on the outdoor patio of the school amid concerns over asbestos in the facilities.
The school district marked the teachers as absent and docked their pay for Aug. 26 and 27, according to the complaint. The Julia Reynolds Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School, a middle and secondary school located in Philadelphia, is seen is a Google Maps Street View image.told ABC News in a statement that they could not comment on pending litigation. They also would not elaborate on whether asbestos exists at the Masterman school.
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