<p>WALL TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A New Jersey school district is paying $325,000 to a former New Jersey teacher who claimed she was forced to digitally edit a Donald Trump T-shirt worn by a student in a yearbook photo.</p>
<p>The Wall Township school board approved the settlement agreement with Susan Parsons on Tuesday, <a href="https://www.nj.com/education/2021/03/nj-teacher-blamed-for-trump-yearbook-censorship-gets-325k-settlement.html"> NJ Advance Media</a> reported. The district made no admission of wrongdoing or liability. The money will be paid by the district’s insurance carrier.</p>
<p>Parsons was the high school’s yearbook adviser when she said a secretary acting on behalf of the principal ordered her in 2017 to remove "Trump Make America Great Again” and make it appear as if the student was wearing a plain navy blue T-shirt.</p>
<p>"That has to go,” <a href="https://apnews.com/article/761fcaeb9df84ff3a2523d4e07fa3e87">the suit alleged</a> Parsons was told.</p>
<p>Parsons, who said she voted for Trump in 2016, said she was made a scapegoat and received death threats. She was suspended with pay after the incident. She claimed she regularly complained about being forced to alter photos.</p>
<p>Parsons will receive about $204,000 and the remainder of the settlement will cover attorney fees, according to the agreement.</p>
<p>The school district reissued the yearbook with the original unaltered photo.</p>
