ADVERSE EMPLOYMENT ACTIONS AND PUBLIC SCHOOL ...

Table 6
Identifying Information--Non-Renewals
Case Year State Action PP
Logan, v. Warren Co. Bd. of Educ. 1982 GA NR S
Taylor v. Berberian 1983 NY NR S
Dalton City Bd. of Educ. v. Smith 1986 GA NR S
Lewis v. Harrison School Dist. No. 1 1986 AR NR E
O’Dea v. School Dist. 1986 NY NR S
Litky v. Winchester School Dist. 1987 NH NR E
Housley v. North Panola Consol. School Dist., 1987 MS NR S
Desoto Co. School Bd. v. Garrett 1987 MS NR E
Ratliff v. Wellington Exempted Village Schools Bd. of Educ. 1987 OH NR SPLIT
Peterson v. Unified School Dist. 1989 KS NR S
Pierce v. Engle 1989 KS NR S
Joseph v. Lake Ridge School Corp. 1991 IN NR S
Carrillo v. Rostro 1992 NM NR SPLIT
Brown v. Bd. of Educ. 1996 KS NR S
Caston School Corp. v. Phillips 1998 IN NR S
Downing v. City of Lowell 2000 MA NR S
Jones v. Miami-Dade Co. 2002 FL NR S
Howard v. Columbia Pub. School Dist. 2004 MO NR S
Midlam v. Greenville City School Dist. Bd. of Educ. 2005 OH NR SPLIT
Reed v. Rolla 31 Pub. School Dist. 2005 MO NR S
Tilghman v. Waterbury Bd. of Educ. 2005 CT NR S
Sanders v. Leake Co. School Dist. 2008 MS NR S
Castillo v. Hobbs Municipal School Bd. 2009 NM NR S
Nuzzi v. St. George Comm. Consol. School Dist. No. 258 2010 IL NR S
Non-renewal of a contract allows the school system to avoid termination where proof of
ample cause is required in most settings. School systems simply wait out the contract because the
actions of the school administrator are not great enough to warrant termination. In three cases,
Lewis v. Harrison School District No. 1 (1986 U.S. App.), Ratliff v. Wellington Exempted Village
Schools Board of Education (1987 U.S. App.), and Carrillo v. Rostro (1992 N.M.), school
administrators spoke out at board meetings against various issues or dissented with new board
policies. Each of these administrators was non-renewed at the end of their current contracts. In
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