A whistleblower lawsuit filed by the former principal of Damien Memorial School has been settled.
Arnold Laanui is a retired FBI agent and a proud graduate of the school. He has been a guest on The Conversation before.
HPR first talked to him when he was named school administrator, bringing his law enforcement background and experience working in the Hawaiʻi Department of Education, and then when he lost that job. He then filed a lawsuit against the school, alleging wrongful termination and retaliation.
HPR reached out to Damien for comment on the settlement. The school declined to comment.
ARNOLD LAANUI: Filing a lawsuit against the institution I absolutely love was one of the most difficult decisions I've ever had to make. But sometimes protecting the organization and ultimately protecting the people that organization serves requires some uncomfortable conversations and some facing of hard truths. And over the course of all of my careers, whether it be my 25-year career as a FBI special agent and in federal law enforcement, or in the years I have had working in the DOE or in private education over at Damian, I've seen what happens when folks lose their way, when they lose their moral compass. I'm very grateful that this isn't the first tough storm I've been through, but it is a storm that tested that moral compass, and I'm happy to report that moral compass works just fine.
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