ADVERSE EMPLOYMENT ACTIONS AND PUBLIC SCHOOL ...

Case Year State Action PP Litigative Claim
Spurlock v. Bd. of Trustees 1985 WY T SPLIT Spurlock claimed tenure violations when his administrative and teacher contracts
were terminated for failed leadership and interpersonal strife due to his personal
Dalton City Bd. of Educ. v.
Smith
Lewis v. Harrison School
Dist. No. 1
Abington School Dist. v.
Pacropis
Summers v. Vermilion
Parish School Bd.
threats to a husband-wife teacher pair.
1986 GA NR S Smith argued that his non-renewal was carried out due to protected political
activities and the action was a matter of local controversy and a First
Amendment violation.
1986 AR NR E Lewis claimed that the district violated his First Amendment rights by not
renewing his contract for a speech at a board meeting.
1986 PA R E Pacropis argued that his reassignment to a teaching position and the district’s
employment of an assistant principal with less experience was a violation of
reduction in force policy during district realignment.
1986 LA T SPLIT Summers was arrested for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. He
argued that his termination was invalid because he was not provided with a pretermination
hearing violating due process.
O’Dea v. School Dist. 1986 NY NR S O’Dea claimed that the school district improperly denied her tenure and that she
had completed her probationary period prior to her non-renewal.
Botti v. Southwest Butler 1986 PA R SPLIT Botti claimed due process violation and breach of contract twice being
Co. School Dist.
reassigned to teaching positions without reassignment hearings.
Bell v. Bd. of Educ. 1986 MO S S Bell was suspended for failed leadership following the drowning of a student on
a field trip where he was charged with negligence; Bell contended that the
suspension was excessive because the mandates he failed to uphold were
exceedingly vague and that the board was bound to accept the Secretary of
Education’s 15 day suspension recommendation.
Chambers v. Central 1987 IN T S Chambers claimed that the school board’s termination of his indefinite teacher
School Dist. School Bd.
contract (tenure) did not also terminate his definite administrative contract.
Mohn v. Ind. School Dist. 1987 MN R S Mohn contended that the district improperly reassigned him to a teaching
position because elementary administrators were not included in the district
realignment during a reduction in force.
Litky v. Winchester School 1987 NH NR E Litky argued that his non-renewal was illegal because he was not provided with
Dist.
a non-renewal hearing which violated due process protections.
Walsh v. Sto-Rox School 1987 PA R S Walsh claimed that his reassignment to a high school assistant principal position
Dist.
was a demotion from his middle school principal position and was an illegal
because he was not provided with a hearing prior to reassignment violating due
process.
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