ADVERSE EMPLOYMENT ACTIONS AND PUBLIC SCHOOL ...

In each case, the review by the school system and or the court was not conducted in
accordance with applicable statute or school policy. In Stafford v. Board of Education of Casey
County (1982 Ky. App.), the school board failed to comply with its own policy when it sought to
reassign Stafford from a high school principal position to a middle school principal position.
Likewise, in Cooper v. Williamson County Board of Education (1987 Tenn.) and Ray v.
Birmingham City Board of Education (1988 U.S. App.), the procedures carried out by the courts
were not in keeping with statutes, which caused both to be remanded.
The next category derived from Table 8 was the cases where the decision was split in part
for the employee and in part for the school system.
Table 10
Prevailing Party--Split Decision
Case Year State Action PP
In the Matter of Waterloo Comm. School Dist. and Concerning
Gowans
1983 IA T SPLIT
Osburn v. School Bd. 1984 FL R SPLIT
Benson v. Bellevue School Dist. 1985 WA D SPLIT
State ex rel. Haak v. Bd. of Educ. 1985 MN R SPLIT
Sweeney v. Special School Dist. 1985 MN R SPLIT
Spurlock v. Bd. of Trustees 1985 WY T SPLIT
Summers v. Vermilion Parish School Bd. 1986 LA T SPLIT
Botti v. Southwest Butler Co. School Dist. 1986 PA R SPLIT
Hatcher v. Bd. of Pub. Educ. 1987 GA R SPLIT
Ratliff v. Wellington Exempted Village Schools Bd. of Educ. 1987 OH NR SPLIT
Rogers v. Kelly 1989 AR T SPLIT
State ex rel. Smith v. Etheridge 1992 OH R SPLIT
Carrillo v. Rostro 1992 NM NR SPLIT
Peterson v. Minidoka Co. School Dist. 1997 ID T SPLIT
Black v. Columbus Pub. Schools 2000 OH R SPLIT
Midlam v. Greenville City School Dist. Bd. of Educ. 2005 OH NR SPLIT
Christensen v. Kingston School Comm. 2005 MA T SPLIT
Everson v. Bd. of Educ. of the School Dist. of Highland Park 2005 MI T SPLIT
Herbert v. City of New York 2010 NY D SPLIT
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