Elementary School Allegedly Sold Alcohol; Perth Amboy District Pays $150,000 Settlement, Court Records Say

A New Jersey school district paid $150,000 to settle a lawsuit over selling alcohol at an elementary school, court documents show.

The settlement was approved by the Perth Amboy Board of Education on April 6, according to NJ Advance Media, and the funds were paid out by the district's insurance carrier, XL Insurance Company. Neither side admitted any wrongdoing as part of the settlement, according to report.

The lawsuit was filed in June of 2012 by Perth Amboy school secretary Susan Nieves accusing another secretary, Hector Muniz, of peddling dozens of bottles of a rum-and-coconut-milk-mixed drink, according to nj.com, at the Herbert Richardson Elementary School.

Former principal Alvaro Cores had called the legal filing a "political witch hunt" and is currently in settlement discussions, according to the report. He is seeking $1.65 million in damages.

Ethics proceedings are still pending in the removal of Cores and Caffrey, who both lost their jobs in the wake of the alcohol scandal, according to the reports.

We'll have more information as it comes in.

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