Former Highline School District athletic director Jackie Lewis filed a claim Tuesday against the district alleging he was unfairly demoted from an assistant principal to a teacher because of the actions of former Evergreen campus athletic director Daylene Boehm.
Daylene Boehm is no longer on leave and has been reassigned as an elementary teacher, according to district spokeswoman Catherine Carbone Rogers. Daylene Boehm has a continuing contract with the district. The specific elementary has not been determined.
"She still has a job in Highline," Rogers reported.
Rogers noted the investigation of Daylene Boehm has not been concluded.
Lewis has been reassigned to a secondary school, yet to be determined, according to Rogers. Lewis also had been assistant principal at Highline High in Burien.
In the claim, Lewis said Daylene Boehm's direct supervisor, Evergreen Principal Paula Montgomery was not significantly disciplined. Montgomery, one of the principals of three small academies on the Evergreen campus, also supervised Evergreen's athletic program last year.
Lewis, 60, who is African American alleges he has been discriminated against based on race, sex and age. He is seeking $500,000 and legal costs from the district.
"Jackie Lewis' reassignment had nothing to do with race, age or gender," Rogers declared.
The district fired Jayson Boehm, a substitute Highline Memorial Field manager, after he was accused of conducting physical exams on male students without proper medical supervision. He was licensed as an emergency medical technician and was hired to provide first aid treatment but did not have credentials to conduct physicals.
Jayson Boehm also provided first aid treatment and volunteered at Evergreen athletic events, where his sister, Daylene Boehm was the athletic director.
Former Northwest region athletic director of the year Terri McMahan has been hired as the district's new athletic coordinator, replacing Lewis.