ADVERSE EMPLOYMENT ACTIONS AND PUBLIC SCHOOL ...

Case Year State Action PP
Snipes v. McAndrew 1984 SC R S
Alabama State Tenure Comm. v. Shelby Co. Bd. of Educ. 1985 AL R S
Foster v. Bd. of Elem. and Sec. Educ. 1985 LA R E
Gibbons v. New Castle Area School Dist. 1985 PA R E
Breslin v. School Comm. of Quincy 1985 MA R S
State ex rel. Haak v. Bd. of Educ. 1985 MN R SPLIT
Sweeney v. Special School Dist. 1985 MN R SPLIT
Alabama State Tenure Comm. v. Phenix City Bd. of Educ. 1985 AL R S
Abington School Dist. v. Pacropis 1986 PA R E
Botti v. Southwest Butler Co. School Dist. 1986 PA R SPLIT
Mohn v. Ind. School Dist. 1987 MN R S
Walsh v. Sto-Rox School Dist. 1987 PA R S
Hatcher v. Bd. of Pub. Educ. 1987 GA R SPLIT
Daury v. Smith 1988 MA R S
Kelly v. Bd. of Educ. 1988 IL R E
Terry v. Woods 1992 WI R S
State ex rel. Smith v. Etheridge 1992 OH R SPLIT
Klein v. Bd. of Educ. 1993 MN R E
Bd. of Educ. v. Van Kast 1993 IL R E
Perry v. Houston Ind. School Dist. 1995 TX R S
Sanders v. Delton-Kellogg Schools 1996 MI R E
Bradshaw v. Pittsburg Ind. School Dist. 2000 PA R S
Hinson v. Clinch Co. Bd. of Educ. 2000 GA R E
Ulichny v. Merton Comm. School Dist. 2000 WI R S
Black v. Columbus Pub. Schools 2000 OH R SPLIT
State ex rel. Quiring v. Bd. of Educ. 2001 MN R S
Finch v. Fort Bend Ind. School Dist. 2003 TX R S
Lassiter v. Topeka Unified School Dist. 2004 KS R S
Kabes v. School Dist. 2004 WI R E
Patten v. Grant Joint Union High School Dist. 2005 CA R E
Fiero v. City of New York 2008 NY R E
Moore v. Middletown Enlarged City School Dist. 2008 NY R S
King v. Charleston Co. School Dist. 2009 SC R S
Reassignments, like non-renewals, demotions, and suspensions, were linked to situations
where the action of the school administrator was not egregious enough to warrant outright
termination. Of the 48 cases identified as reassignments, 17 were linked to reduction in force
where schools, per policy, had moved administrators from their current position to lateral
positions or lesser positions due to fiscal constraints or district realignment. Most of the other
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