FALLBROOK — The Fallbrook Union Elementary School District has agreed to pay $375,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a former district employee who alleged she was fired for not complying with the district’s pandemic-related masking requirements.
Shawna Velasco, who worked as a personnel services technician, alleged in her federal lawsuit that she could not wear a mask due to a facial injury that required a complete nose reconstruction.
Velasco claimed in her lawsuit that she had documentation from her physician stating she could not wear a mask due to her injury, but the district did not allow her alternative work accommodations, such as working from home…