A former director of the Lusail Erwin intermediate school, which was placed on an administrative leave in March, filed a lawsuit against the Thompson Schools area last week for discrimination, revenge, illegal ending, defamation and other allegations.

In the lawsuit, which was filed on Thursday in the eighth judicial court of Fort Collins, Olivia Gilsby claims that she was revenge for the protected complaints that she submitted to human resources and the Education Council.

The complaint stated that “the actions of the region caused the loss of wages, benefits, damage to the reputation, emotional turmoil, humiliation, and the decrease in job opportunities.”

The region has not yet been submitted in response to the case, according to the court records, and rejected the suspension requests.

A TSD spokesman wrote in an email on Tuesday: “In order to respect the legal process, the Thompson School area does not provide a comment on matters related to the ongoing lawsuit.”

According to the lawsuit, Gilsby, who is known as an African Protestant Christian Christian woman in the complaint, began working as director on July 9, 2024. She submitted complaints about ethnic discrimination, sex and religious discrimination to human resources and the Education Council between October 2024 and February 2025, claiming that she got less wages than white school principals and other males and was reprimanded for wearing it Shirts carry religious messages while other employees were allowed to “publicly offer.” “They put sacred books on their offices, and they were given time during the day to pray,” says the complaint.

The complaint claims that the region has retaliated by excluding it from the internal region meetings, reset its duties and removing the budget monitoring authority, publishing negative rumors and biased complaints, and leaving its evaluation at the end of the year empty or classified at low levels, in contradiction to the region’s policy.

According to the complaint, Gilsby was placed on an administrative leave for not reporting “a mysterious and imminent rumor of a firearm.” When the region announced the leave in March, no details were shared about the reason, but there were some details attention From the audience on Tiktok posted on the personal Gillespie account.

The complaint indicates that Gilsby was subjected to more humiliation by others’ mobilization of its office, although the usual practice is to allow employees to collect their belongings during supervision.

Gilsby was informed on May 9 that her contract would not be renewed, which was caused by the complaint Construction dischargeIt is when the employee’s resignation is not voluntary due to the work environment or other conditions. The complaint also states that TSD has violated secrecy agreements by transferring “false data to third parties” and leaking information to Loverland Report-Herald, Reddit and other public forums.

According to the complaint, Gilsby has since submitted more than 80 leadership positions and each has been rejected.

The complaint states that “(the region) has intervened and inappropriately in potential job opportunities (for Gilsby) by providing negative, revenge or misleading signs for potential employers.”

Gilisby asks the region $ 2 million as a late payment, a submitted salary, lost benefits, and a loss of ability to earn; One million dollars to harm the reputation and insert in the black list; One million dollars for emotional turmoil and humiliation; Legal compensation to be determined in the trial; One million dollars as punitive and deterrent compensation; $ 250,000 lawyer fees; Conducting corrections on the file of its employees to remove revenge concepts and provide only neutral employment auditor; Benefits before and after the ruling is issued according to what is stipulated in the law; Any other relief that the judge sees is appropriate according to the lawsuit.

The case was shown in the court hall of Judge Carole Michel Brenager, and a hearing is scheduled to be held on December 5, according to court records.