RENO, Nev. (AP) — The state's highest court is ordering a former Washoe County school principal and the district that fired her to try to settle their dispute.
The Reno Gazette-Journal reports that Kara White and district representatives will meet with a Nevada Supreme Court-appointed mediator Thursday.
White is seeking more than $400,000 in backpay and benefits going back three years.
White, who oversaw Lemmon Valley Elementary, was suspended in February 2013 and fired months later.
District officials say White had "authorized excessive and inappropriate expenditures."
White says she was always accountable for any spent school funds.
An arbitrator's upholding of her firing was struck down in White's appeal in Reno District Court.
District representatives declined to comment, saying they would not discuss pending litigation.