A Long Island man says he was fired for blowing the whistle on a grade-changing scheme in a Nassau County school district.
Michael Tweed, of Plainview, joined the Glen Cove School District in 2011 as the head of the guidance department and got stellar reviews, he claims in his Brooklyn federal suit against the district.
But in the 2012-13 school year, Tweed “stumbled across the fact that at least two high-school students had their official transcripts improperly tampered with to enable them to graduate,” he says.
Tweed says he fully cooperated with the district’s and Nassau County District Attorney’s investigations.
In March, the Glen Cove Board of Education refused to give him tenure, effectively ending his employment, “in retaliation for exposing corruption,” according to the suit.
Tweed wants his job back as well as $3 million in damages.
District officials did not respond to a message seeking comment.