The five Black members of a southern Georgia board of education shook off claims that they violated the civil rights of a White football coach when they voted not to renew his contract, after the Eleventh Circuit Tuesday found the complaint contained only “conclusory allegations.”
The Valdosta Board of Education voted not to renew Alan Rodemaker’s contract as head coach of the Valdosta High School football program for the 2020 school year.
Rodemaker sued, alleging a “conspiracy to non-renew” his contract “occurred in illegal meetings held by the African-American Board members,” and that the four White members of the board ...
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