The Reeds Spring School District is being sued by a former elementary school teacher who says she was fired when she took too much maternity leave. Ex-teacher Katherine Strickland wants lost wages and other damages. She accuses the disrict of violating the Family and Medical Leave Act, and of pregnancy discrimination. The lawyer for the school district says she was a probationary teacher to begin with and her contract was not renewed for other reasons.



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