ADVERSE EMPLOYMENT ACTIONS AND PUBLIC SCHOOL ...

Case Year State Action PP Litigative Claim
Rogers v. Bd. of
Educ.
Vargas-Harrison v.
Racine Unified
School Dist.
Finch v. Fort Bend
Ind. School Dist.
Howard v.
Columbia Pub.
School Dist.
Smith v. Bullock Co.
Bd. of Educ.
Reed v. Rolla 31
Pub. School Dist.
Flickinger v.
Lebanon School
Dist.
Woods v. Enlarged
City School Dist.
2000 CT T S Rogers claimed that her termination for failed
leadership based on executing and indirectly
supervising strip searches of female students
violated her due process rights and was not
supported by substantial evidence to warrant
termination when one considered that Rogers
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impeccable career in education
2001 WI T S Vargas-Harrison claimed her reassignment and
eventual termination for failed leadership were
retaliatory moves and First Amendment
violations for her speech at a district meeting and
insubordination for publicly endorsing her own
plan for use of special funding rather than
supporting the district initiative.
2003 TX R S Finch argued that her reassignment to the
maintenance department for failed leadership due
to interpersonal strife, insubordination, and
negligence was retaliatory and violated her due
process protections, First Amendment rights and
was a constructive discharge.
2004 MO NR S Howard contended that her non-renewal for
failed leadership and interpersonal strife violated
her due process safeguards as well as her First
Amendment rights for statements she made
against preferential treatment of minorities and
students with disabilities in literacy programs.
2004 AL T S Smith argued that his termination for failed
leadership based on incompetence,
insubordination, and negligence in supervising
school finances where $25,000 turned up missing
was not supported by sufficient evidence.
2005 MO NR S Reed contended that her non-renewal for failed
leadership which was based on sexual
harassment and interpersonal strife was carried
out in retaliation for her gender discrimination
claims following her extra-marital affair with
another district employee.
2006 PA T E Flickinger claimed that his termination for failed
leadership based on willful neglect of duty was a
violation of his due process rights and without
sufficient evidence to prove that he failed to
immediately respond to the report of a gun on
campus.
2007 NY T S Woods argued that her termination for failed
leadership and interpersonal strife was a
violation of her First Amendment rights and
based on racial discrimination.
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