• 10
  • August
    2010

A female custodian for the Jurupa Unified School District filed a lawsuit last Thursday citing sexual discrimination and asked the court to enforce state-required sexual harassment education and training within the district.

The custodian, Doreen Archambault, claims that she has been subjected to both harassment and discrimination by colleagues who have questioned her sexual orientation. She also named district Superintendent Elliott Duchon and assistant superintendent of personnel services, Tamara Elzig, in the lawsuit.

School officials have denied that sexual harassment education is lax or ineffective within the school district.

In addition to inappropriate questions about her sexual orientation, Archambault claims that, earlier this year, she attempted to report a supervisor who had made a derogatory comment about women in the military. However, when she attempted to file a complaint with the district's personnel department, she was essentially told to let it go.

The lawsuit also opines that Elzig should not be entrusted with enforcing a sexually-neutral environment, as she has openly shared details from her sex life and shared inappropriate cartoons in the past.

Elzig vehemently denies both claims.

In addition to mandated sexual harassment and discrimination training, she is asking for attorneys' fees and the total cost of bringing the lawsuit.

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