ADVERSE EMPLOYMENT ACTIONS AND PUBLIC SCHOOL ...

CHAPTER V
SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Introduction
The purpose of this research study was to determine how litigation involving school
administrators, which for the purpose of this study included principals and assistant principals,
arguing against adverse employment actions (suspension, demotion, reassignment, non-renewal
or termination) imposed by school systems have been adjudicated. Litigated cases were
identified from the time period of 1981 through 2010. This 30-year period offered 125 viable
cases from 36 states where the school administrator argued that the adverse employment action
levied against him/her was unjust. Chapter V provides a summary of the research conducted and
its connection to the research questions, conclusions drawn from the synthesis of data garnered
from the case briefing process, and recommendations for further study regarding school
administrators confronted with adverse employment actions.
Summary
Four research questions guided the collection of data and this synthesis followed:
1. What issues exist in court cases about adverse employment actions against school
administrators, in the years of 1981 to 2010?
Various issues arose through the case briefing process and during the synthesis of data.
Those issues will be looked at in the same manner as the data synthesis was done in Chapter IV.
First, the researcher will explore actions of the schools for issues. Second, the researcher will
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