Grossmont Union High School District will pay a former administrator more than $700,000 — and her lawyers nearly $500,000 — to settle her lawsuit alleging she was demoted and effectively fired because she is a lesbian.

Rose Tagnesi had sued last year, saying she was forced out of the district’s top special-education job after more than a decade by an anti-LGBTQ+ majority of the school board.

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In a statement provided by her lawyer, she said the settlement signals to the larger LGBTQ+ community that their rights matter. “In the future, I’m hopeful the district will take decisive action toward creating the culture of inclusivity its students and teachers deserve,” she wrote.

Tagnesi was demoted to a classroom teaching job early last year, after what she described as a secr

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