School district paid $40,000, just to get it over with

Remember this Lebo Citizens post from April 25, 2016? Despicable UPDATED 3X

In 2015, the Mt. Lebanon School District hired a volleyball coach despite getting warnings that he had allegedly behaved inappropriately toward players two decades earlier. Later that year, Brian Begor was suspended and resigned after players accused him of “unwanted conduct of a sexual nature,” according to a federal lawsuit.

Mr. Begor was never charged with a crime, although four high school girls and their parents accused him of sexual misconduct in a 2016 federal lawsuit.

According to the Post-Gazette, each year, local school districts agree to settle allegations of negligence, discrimination and other wrongdoing by the district and its employees, with the median cost of settlements obtained by the Post-Gazette at about $15,000.

In February, Mt. Lebanon agreed to settle that suit for $40,000.  Just to resolve it.

“Details of the claim are confidential by court order. But, we can state that no wrongful acts by the district or Mr. Grogan were ever established, and the district has always denied any wrongdoing,” board president Michael Riemer said in an email Thursday. “In consultation with our insurer, however, we determined that it would be best to resolve this matter.”

Read more here: School districts pay thousands of dollars to settle complaints of wrongdoing