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A teacher in Bergen County has filed a lawsuit against the Hackensack Board of Education claiming administrators terminated her employment after they discovered she was pregnant. Angelica Paton, 26, of Bergenfield, says in court papers she was dismissed from her job at Hackensack High School on May 1, 2023, despite receiving consistently positive evaluations as “a highly effective teacher.” “Paton was not rehired because of her pregnancy. The outrageous and unjustified decision by the defendants to not rehire Paton was emotionally and psychologically devastating to her,” according to the lawsu…

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