LINCOLN- In a court filing last week, Lincoln's new superintendent Paul Gausman acknowledged that he had filed a false allegation against his former employer. Gausman, who was recently hired by Lincoln Public Schools, sued Iowa's Sioux City Community Schools in 2022, alleging that they had violated open meeting laws.

In the lawsuit, Gausman called for the judge to remove four school board members with whom he had clashed, more than half of the board. The lawsuit was prompted by allegations that Gausman had attempted to bribe two incoming school board members in November of 2021 to back his pick for board president. When asked about this, Gausman said he had "no comments on matters involving litigation at the advice of counsel."

Part of Gausman's lawsuit alleged that the Sioux City board had failed to properly notify of a January 2022 meeting, which was to discuss the superintendent's job performance. It said that the board "did not notify either Dr. Gausman or the public that Defendants intended to go into closed session to discuss him or a complaint," leading him to argue that it broke open meeting laws.

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