(UPDATED, 10:17 a.m. Tuesday, with details on the settlement.)

A school teacher received a $720,000 settlement from the Boise School District, weeks before her lawsuit was scheduled to go before a jury.

Attorneys for Michelle Chung and the district agreed to dismiss the case on May 7 — saying in a joint filing that the 2024 case has “been fully compromised and settled.” Details of the settlement were not immediately available Monday. But on Tuesday morning, the Boise district released details to EdNews.

Chung, a family and consumer science teacher at West Junior High School, said district and school officials ignored a dangerous mouse infestation problem for years.

As a result, Chung said she was diagnosed with Lyme disease in 2024. In September 2024, Chung’s lawyer said her client’s hysterectomy “was likely caused by her undiagnosed Lyme disease and exposure.”

West Junior High and Boise district officials continued to downplay the problem, saying mouse infiltration would always be an issue in a school facing a field, attorney Andrea Rosholt said in Chung’s lawsuit. In so doing, Rosholt wrote, school staff and students were left “at risk of serious illness.”

The district’s attorneys disputed Chung’s allegations. In an October 2024 filing, James Stoll and Nicole Jenkins said Chung “was guilty of negligent and careless misconduct” connected to the damages she claimed in her lawsuit.

The case had been scheduled for a June 29 jury trial.

The closure of the case remained a mystery, until Tuesday morning.

In an email, district spokesman Dan Hollar said the parties “mutually resolved” the case for $720,000, with $550,000 coming from the district’s insurer and $170,000 from the district.

The district agreed to settle to avoid “protracted litigation,” and denies wrongdoing.

“The district has at all times disputed and continues to dispute the factual and legal assertions alleged in the complaints, expressly denies any admission of fault, liability, or causation, and entered into the settlement solely to compromise disputed claims and conclude the litigation,” Hollar wrote. “The district’s decision to settle was motivated by a desire to refocus resources on its core mission of educating and supporting students and staff and to preserve a safe, stable learning environment.”

Both parties agreed to dismiss the case with prejudice — which closes the case, and means Chung cannot bring it back. Both parties agreed to cover their own costs and legal fees.

Attorneys for Chung and the district did not respond to emails from EdNews Monday.