Robertson v. Chicago Public Schools

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION DEIDRE ROBERTSON, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) Case No. 13 C 3205 v. ) ) Judge Joan B. Gottschall SUSAN LOFTON and BOARD OF ) EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO, ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER In the 2010–11 school year, plaintiff Deidre Robertson (“Robertson”), an African American high school English teacher in the Chicago Public Schools (“CPS”), was suspended twice for alleged misconduct and received the first “unsatisfactory” performance rating of her CPS career on June 2, 2011; defendant Board of…