ADVERSE EMPLOYMENT ACTIONS AND PUBLIC SCHOOL ...

Table 58
Tenure Violations with Litigative Claim
Case Year State Action PP Litigative Claim
Pasqua v.
LaFourche
Parish School
Bd.
Stafford v. Bd. of
Educ. of Casey
Co.
Taylor v.
Berberian
Pullum v.
Smallridge
Cowan v. Bd. of
Educ.
Bell v. Bd. of
Educ.
Snipes v.
McAndrew
Alabama State
Tenure Comm. v.
Shelby Co. Bd. of
Educ.
Spurlock v. Bd.
of Trustees
O’Dea v. School
Dist.
Chambers v.
Central School
Dist. School Bd.
1981 LA R E Pasqua claimed that his salary was not maintained
properly with his tenured status following his
reassignment during a reduction in force.
1982 KY R N/A Stafford alleged that his reassignment from a high
school principal position to a middle school
principal position was a demotion. Case was
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remanded for new hearing.
1983 NY NR S Taylor claimed that her non-renewal initiated by the
superintendent was improper because the board did
not agree to it and violated her tenure.
1983 TN R S Pullum argued that his reassignment to a teaching
position was arbitrary and capricious and violated
his administrative tenure.
1984 NY R E Cowan claimed that his reassignment by the board
was illegal because it was outside his tenure area
and the board failed to return him to his tenure area
when openings arose following district realignment.
1984 NY R S Bell argued that his reassignment was incorrect
because he was grandfathered into a tenure system
that allowed him to gain tenure at a specific
administrative level.
1984 SC R S Snipes claimed that his reassignment without an
evidentiary hearing violated his tenure and due
process protections.
1985 AL R S A high school principal was reassigned to an
elementary principal position and argued that this
was a loss of status.
1985 WY T SPLIT Spurlock claimed tenure violations when his
administrative and teacher contracts were
terminated for failed leadership and interpersonal
strife due to his personal threats to a husband-wife
teacher pair.
1986 NY NR S O’Dea claimed that the school district improperly
denied her tenure and that she had completed her
probationary period prior to her non-renewal.
1987 IN T S Chambers claimed that the school board’s
termination of his indefinite teacher contract
(tenure) did not also terminate his definite
administrative contract.
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