Article - District Possible Superintendent Candidates Were Refused Position For Criminal Reasons

Niagara County Central School District Superintendent Position Candidates Were Wrongfully Denied The Position For Extinguished Criminal Charges:
Earlier this year when a Superintendent was being voted and selected for the position for when the former superintendent was going to be resigning from the position, 2 specific candidates Mike Lorry and Frank Parks were denied the right to run for the Superintendent role at the district for wrongful accusations of murder that were ex sponged from both of their records for inaccuracy of the claim. The two were denied on terms of criminality, and were not allowed to run for the position. Current Superintendent James Derrylson won the position by default, because the two candidates were removed from the ballot. The Superintendent even agreed to how wrong this was in this statement. " Looking back at it now, what occurred at my district is absolutely wrong. Did the district even look closer at the case record. Due to the position status of a superintendent or any school administrator, all candidates must have a background check and criminal status check. But after a thorough investigation this should of clearly been nulled and voided. I won this position on myths rather than facts. I am not saying I am complaining about getting the position."

The district recently apologized to both Mr. Lorry and Mr. Parks and said that they were willing to make a settlement of 1.2 Million dollars for discrimination.

Please read what the records looked like at the time of the denial of the position.

Mike Lorry's File and Criminal Record Frank Parks's File and Criminal Record

The DA's Office of Wrongful Denial of Employment charged the district with inaccurate allegations and unfair chance to fix the record status issue. The district compensated the two candidates with a whopping 1.2 Million Dollars.