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A federal jury has awarded a $303,178 verdict to a Colorado Springs man who sued Colorado Springs School District 11, alleging he was passed over for teaching jobs because he is black.
On Friday, after a week-long trial, the jury in U.S. District Court in Denver found in favor of George Christopher Ash, who formerly held temporary teaching jobs at North Middle School and Doherty High School.
Ash, 45, sued the district in 2007 alleging that he applied for a social studies job at North that went to a white teacher. In his suit, Ash claimed that he has a degree in history and political science while the job went to a physical education teacher with 24 credits in social sciences.
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