Oguejiofor

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

I. Facts

A. Plaintiff’s race, national origin and pertinent employment history Miriam Oguejiofor (plaintiff) is an African-American woman of Nigerian descent. Since 2014, plaintiff has worked for the Los Angeles Unified School District (the District) as a transition teacher. Transition teachers serve the District’s special education students. Unlike teachers assigned to a “roster” of students at a specific school, transition teachers serve students at multiple school sites without formally acquiring seniority at any specific school and are assigned (and reassigned) where their specialized services are needed. Between 2014 and 2016, plaintiff had been assigned to five different school sites.

2 B. October 2018 meeting In October 2018, plaintiff was assigned to Polytechnic High School (Poly). At that time, her supervisor was Maria Ricario; Ricario’s supervisor was James Koontz. At an October 23, 2018 meeting, several District staff members, including transition teachers, discussed with Ricario which special education students would be transferred to Lowman Career Transition Center (Lowman), which was a “startup” school site. Plaintiff…