PANAMA CITY, FL- The lawyer for a former Bozeman school office worker, suing the Bay County school system, claims district officials are withholding evidence.

Local attorney Cecile Scoon made the claims Tuesday evening on-behalf of her client, Holly Julian.

Julian is suing the district of allegedly failing to address misconduct on the part of former Bozeman principal Bill Payne. She claims Payne retaliated against her after she reported a Bozeman teacher made inappropriate comments of a sexual nature to students.

Payne resigned late last year, after a district investigation found he had an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate. Scoon claims the district is withholding material documenting employee complaints against Payne.

Scoon said, "It's pertinent on two levels. One because its a public document, and it could say we think Mr. Payne is fabulous. It may say that. But we have a right as citizens to see what it says. Whether it's good or bad. The second part is hey, are you guys doing your job? You have complaints where women are crying, they're upset, they're scared. They're coming to you, and nothings being done. You're just taking hand written notes, and they're being talked out of it? That starts to be not doing your job."

"They've slightly addressed some other issues," Julian added. "Mr. Payne is no longer at the school. But they're never addressed my problems. I feel like they believe that we are just going to disappear now that he is gone. But this really goes beyond Mr. Payne, this goes to the school district. They're not handling issues."

Julian says she wants the district to remove incorrect comments in her performance evaluation. She's also seeking unspecified monetary compensation. Scoon says the lawsuit will be served to the school board attorney Wednesday.