Overview
- Settlement documents require the district to deposit $700,000 for future disbursements and to pay nearly $19,000 immediately, with about $481,000 covered for attorney fees.
- The board approved the agreement last month, and a court notice of dismissal was filed last week.
- Rose Tagnesi alleged she was demoted and effectively forced out as part of an anti-LGBTQ+ campaign by a board majority after a 2020 Santana High School crisis.
- District officials said the deal allows all parties to move forward and was pursued to limit legal costs, while denying any validation of the lawsuit’s claims.
- Two other administrators’ demotion lawsuits remain active, investigative findings tied to the Santana case have not been released, and Tagnesi will not seek re-employment with the district.