NATCHEZ — A federal jury granted former West Elementary Principal Cindy Idom Friday $371,373 in damages for breach of contract, back pay and compensatory damages for what her attorney characterized as “a policy and pattern of race discrimination” in the months leading up to her 2013 retirement.

Idom, who is white, sued the Natchez-Adams School District seeking damages based on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 — which prohibits discrimination based on race, among other things — and the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. She also sought damages for breach of contract and intentional inflection of emotional distress.

Idom and others who testified in the case said Superintendent Frederick Hill and Assistant Superintendent Tanisha Smith, both of whom are black, targeted and harassed her based on her race and used school performance test scores as a pretext to demote her in an effort to push her into resigning or retiring. Hill and Smith denied the charges on the stand during the trial this week.

The jury awarded Idom $271,737 for breach of contract and back pay and a total of $100,000 in compensatory damages for the infliction of emotional distress. The $100,000 award is split between Hill and Smith, with $75,000 being assigned to Hill and $25,000 being assigned to Smith.

The eight-person jury was composed of three black women, two black men and three white men.