A Denver Public Schools board member under investigation by his colleagues for racial discrimination alleged Friday that the district has repeatedly retaliated against him because of previous attempts to raise alarm about school safety concerns.

John Youngquist in an interview alleged the retaliation first began two years ago when the district sent him a cease-and-desist letter regarding the use of the “lamp of knowledge” from the DPS logo in his campaign signs and culminated in Superintendent Alex Marrero accusing the director of wanting his job and asking the school board to censure the former East High principal.

Marrero’s allegations, which were made in an email to board President Carrie Olson earlier this year, spurred the racial discrimination investigation now taking place.

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