Rahm Emanuel’s pick to head CPS sued for age, sex discrimination
By MONIFA THOMAS Staff Reporter mjthomas@suntimes.com Apr 24, 2011 4:28AM
Jean-Claude Brizard speaks after Mayor-Elect Rahm Emanuel introduced him as the new CEO of Chicago Public Schools, Monday, April 18, 2011 during a press conference at Kelly High School. | Jean Lachat~Sun-Times
Chicago’s next Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard was named in two federal lawsuits during his three years as superintendent of the Rochester, NY school district, including one that accused Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel’s controversial pick of age discrimination.
Both lawsuits were filed last July.
The first accuses Brizard of firing Marilynn Patterson Grant, Rochester’s former deputy superintendent for teaching and learning, “without cause” last year after making several derogatory comments about her age.
