According to the lawsuit:

Herbin, who now lives in Las Vegas, was hired by the district in 2007 and eventually became an administrative assistant to the dean of students.

She began to look for other positions within the district when she was told in August 2017 her position was being restructured. Three of the six people on the high school’s campus and student support team, which is focused on creating positive relationships with students and maintaining school security, resigned, “creating a crisis.”

Herbin held a similar job at the high school in 2008 and approached Ecklund about the opportunity when he allegedly told her she had “no chance.”

She filed an internal discrimination complaint and applied for the job two days after Ecklund’s alleged comments.

During an investigation into the complaint, Ecklund said he made comments to Herbin about seeking diverse candidates for the job, the lawsuit said. He also said a search committee was looking to hire the most qualified people, according to the lawsuit.