A former Albuquerque Public Schools superintendent is suing the district over allegations that the current school chief violated an agreement.
Lawyers for Winston Brooks filed a lawsuit Tuesday following comments made by interim superintendent Brad Winter.
According to the lawsuit, Winter told the Albuquerque Journal in September that Brooks refused to work with the community and business leaders. The lawsuit says those remarks violated a settlement agreement that no district officials would disparage Brooks.
Brooks resigned from the post in August after the board bought out the last two years of his contract. Both sides declined to elaborate, but records show an attorney was hired to look into accusations of intimidation and retaliation involving Brooks.
Winter said Wednesday he had not seen the lawsuit and couldn't comment.
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