ADVERSE EMPLOYMENT ACTIONS AND PUBLIC SCHOOL ...

Case Year State Action PP Litigative Claim
Sanders v. Leake
Co. School Dist.
King v. Charleston
Co. School Dist.
Floyd v. Amite Co.
School Dist.
Simpson v. Holmes
Co .Bd. of Educ.
Herrera v. Union
No. 39 School Dist.
Hobdy v. Los
Angeles Unified
School Dist.
Herbert v. City of
New York
Nuzzi v. St. George
Comm. Consol.
School Dist. No.
258
McFerren v. Farrell
Area School Dist.
2008 MS NR S Sanders claimed her non-renewal for failed
leadership was a First Amendment violation and
retaliation for her EEOC charge of racial
discrimination where she alleged that her school
was denied funding and renovations and that she
was denied autonomy in hiring and firing of
school personnel because she was African-
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American.
2009 SC R S King claimed that his administrative termination
for failed leadership based on interpersonal strife
and reassignment to teaching were wrongful and
First Amendment violations.
2009 MS T S Floyd claimed that his termination for failed
leadership based on negligence and
incompetence was a First Amendment
associational retaliation violation against Floyd
for associating with white students at a summer
track program held at the school.
2009 MS T S Simpson claimed that his termination for failed
leadership in not reporting three separate
incidents on the same day to the superintendent
violated his due process protections and was
done without sufficient evidence.
2009 VT T S Herrera claimed that he was defamed and denied
due process in the board’s termination of his
position for failed leadership based on
incompetence.
2010 CA D S Hobdy argued that his demotion was based on
discrimination against his race and gender and
not his failed leadership.
2010 NY D SPLIT Herbert argued that her demotion for failed
leadership was pre-textual and motivated by
discrimination on the grounds of gender and
pregnancy due to a sexual relationship with a
custodian out of wedlock.
2010 IL NR S Nuzzi and Nuzzi (husband and wife) claimed
that their non-renewals for failed leadership and
incompetence regarding a litany of questionable
financial maneuvers meant to benefit the Nuzzi’s
were invalid because the district violated FMLA
policy, retaliated against them, and breached
their contracts.
2010 PA T E McFerren argued that his termination for failed
leadership stemming from negligence,
interpersonal strife, intemperance, and
insubordination was arbitrary and lacking
sufficient evidence.
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