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ROCHESTER - The defendants and plaintiff in a lawsuit filed by Rochester Schools former IT chief have come to an out-of-court settlement, but details of the deal, including the settlement amount, may never be known.
"I spoke to my attorneys and all I can say in a statement is 'The parties were able to resolve their differences to their mutual satisfaction,'" former school IT chief David Yasenchock told The Rochester Voice on Friday.
Among those who'd been accused by Yasenchock were Rochester Supt. of Schools Kyle Repucci, Asst. Supt. Saundra MacDonald, Rochester School Board Chair Paul Lynch, the Rochester School Board and the Rochester School Department.
Yasenchock's complaint alleged that the defendants "wrongfully terminated (him) when they harassed him and ultimately fired him in November 2020."
Yasenchock, who for 23 years served as chief technology officer of Rochester Schools, alleged in his suit that two months before his firing Repucci ordered him to search for emails between various school board members and elected union officials and provide paper copies back to him.
Repucci allegedly wanted to view the emails to determine if certain school board members had worked on a file presented to the school board by union officials, according to the complaint.
On Sept. 17, 2020, Yasenchock voiced concerns over the legality of what Repucci had ordered and requested he state in writing the exact scope of what he wanted his IT chief to do.
Soon after Yasenchock had a confrontation with Repucci and MacDonald over the issue, which ultimately led to his firing, Yasenchock claimed in his lawsuit.
Meanwhile, on Thursday the Rochester School Board voted to buy out Repucci's contract and to have his last day working for the Rochester School District be on Monday.
Repucci was recently hired as next year's principal of the Broken Ground Elementary School in Concord.
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