The Mount Olive School District and its officials agreed to a $300,000 settlement in a discrimination lawsuit filed by an employee who claimed she was wrongfully admonished after a former student accused district officials of deliberately mishandling bullying complaints.
Megan Troup, a middle school counselor and anti-bullying specialist, settled her lawsuit against the Morris County district in April, according to documents obtained by the Daily Record. The payout came 14 months after Troup railed against the district after she was named in the lawsuit filed by a student’s family who claimed their daughter was sexually assaulted in a park, but district officials swept it under the rug.
The family of the girl, who later moved districts, quietly settled with the district for $750,000 in 2021, with the accused boy and his parents having to pay the girl an additional $40,000. No parties took blame…