Legal Opinion
Benuzzi v. Board of Educ. of City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 21, 2011No. 10-3021PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TINDER, Circuit Judge.
Jessica Benuzzi, one of the first female custodians hired by the Chicago Public Schools, has spent more than twenty years climbing the ranks of the maintenance staff. In 2004, she reached the Grade VII Engineer level, which qualified her to oversee custodial operations at large school buildings. With this promotion came a new job, building engineer-in-charge, at a newly opened school on Chicago’s south side, John J. Pershing West Magnet School. The promotion also put Benuzzi under the command of a new boss with whom she immediately clashed, principal Cheryl Watkins.…
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