News File Photo Defense attorney Daren Wiseley, left, sits next to client Erin Chaskey as Presque Isle County Prosecutor Ken Radzibon questions a witness in a Rogers City courtroom in this News File Photo.

ALPENA — Erin Chaskey, who filed a $20 million lawsuit against Onaway Area Community Schools and other parties for allegedly excluding her from school property and accusing her of illegally recording two school officials, has dropped her complaint.

In June 2022, Chaskey — who now serves as the vice president of the Onaway Board of Education — filed a federal civil rights action for $20 million, naming the school district, school and police officials, Presque Isle County, and Presque Isle County Prosecutor, Ken Radzibon, as defendants.

In her lawsuit, Chaskey sought $20 million for the abuse she claimed to have suffered due to the defendants’ treatment of her. In a 37-page lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court, Chaskey claimed she was a target of “egregious, retaliatory, and vindictive acts.”

In recent comments made to The Detroit News, Chaskey’s lawyer, Daniel Harris, said Chaskey is ready to move on and focus on improving her district. Chaskey was elected to the Onaway Board of Education last November and officially joined the board in January.

Messages left for Chaskey were not returned.

In October 2021, Chaskey was prohibited from being on school grounds and accused of criminal eavesdropping after a surveillance camera caught her recording a conversation being held in then-Onaway superintendent Rod Fullerton’s office in which he and a member of the Onaway Board of Education allegedly criticized Chaskey for her vocal concerns about the school’s curriculum.

In November 2021, Chaskey filed a lawsuit in Presque Isle County court, accusing the district, two school officials, and the Presque Isle County Sheriff’s Office of removing her from school property in retaliation for her previous outspokenness about the school curriculum.

Chaskey chose to drop that while she fought her criminal eavesdropping charge, which was eventually dropped by the 53rd Circuit Court of Presque Isle County.

Chaskey fought the eavesdropping charge, saying she was allowed to record the conversation because she was in a public place and the officials could not expect privacy because Fullerton’s door was open as the officials spoke.

The eavesdropping charge was later dismissed as the court said the prosecution had not proven Chaskey had committed a crime.