A federal appeals court Monday upheld a $400,000 award made to the former superintendent of a south-suburban school district who lost her job after she accused a board member of threatening her.The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Harvey School District 152’s argument that the police report filed by then-Supt. Denean Adams fell outside the scope of speech protected by the First Amendment.Adams’ report that the board member told her she was “itching for an ass-kicking” after she proposed a forensic audit of …