School Law Bulletin 2000: Vol 27 Index

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INDEX 2000 JANUARY — DECEMBER
VOLUME 27
Month Page Month Page
Arbitration Catholic school refuses to renew pregnant teacher’s
Teachers dispute pay rate for working after school, SC © tte CRN CHE Boo sccssastacossecaasacssnicaecsateconspsaaens March 2
Central Dauphin School District (PA) Janitor caught drinking at work, Martin (6th Cir.)...... June 5
Athletics Janitor loses job due to work-related skin condition,
Female high school athletes want fast-pitch softball, BeM yARe ORRIN MING Fsc ocdons cociscssseutcocadicgven tnenniesaeknistiihcceieadnion s Feb.
Horner (6th Cir.) Job applicant says he was better qualified than person
Girls accuse male coach of sexual harassment, Flynn hired for position, Byrnie (CT)
(MD) Male Teacher Claims Sex Discrimination, Baluta (NY) .. May
Medical release required for hemophiliac to play on Mother’s repeated complaints create stress at school,
team, Doe (6th Cir.) Clark (CA)
Overweight teacher removed from her position,
Benefits MPepeNCMRI CORO I oscscn sdensascisnsdastssicensc ecnscsecaesés Feb.
Fired teacher seeks health benefits, Larson (MA)
School denies tenure to black teacher claiming
Civil Rights parents complained, Shaw (6th Cir.) .....ccccccccessseceeeessees March
Coach requires swimmer to take pregnancy test, Special education teacher reassigned, Galabya (2nd Cir.). April
ENEMY CIRCE” GTO) ves csdiac s lcdscicascisdeaectsteiesivecacsieacdinieiaian Oct. Teacher sues school district claiming race
Contracts GISCHRMIATION, TORE CSTE CIR.) a cccseccicccsccasecscncssesenssceesees Feb.
School board employees claim their contracts are
Drugs
unlawful, Flint (WV) School conducts random drug tests, Joy (7th Cir.)....... July
Defamation
Due Process
School board member states former student was fired
First-grader alleges male teacher grabbed her neck,
as a “bad worker,” Janusz (WI) In re an Allegation of Physical Abuse Concerning
Disability Benefits RP, a minor (NJ)
Teacher hurts back as she tries to stop running child, School dismisses tenured teacher following fight with
O’Fallon School District No. 90 (IL) SUMAN SBCs CRN GUIDE tei cacsicinsecderecasiasiscransivesterssniaircenes March
Disability Discrimination Students allege teacher sexually abused them, Wilson
Child in wheelchair left inside during fire drill, CO aia assoc dgsst sniataceadeccsaehidassoaneiniesanpbiatecianseieiicsiisess Nov.
SNR COURIC NI esc chat Scateke ips as cases cecedssnsdacaatenecaceadasstetes Oct. Sworn statements, not testimony, used against
principal at hearing, McClure (10th Cir.) 0... Dec.
Discrimination
80,000 students allowed to sue education officials, Duty to Protect
Ceaser (NY) 10th-grader injures Sth-grader while breaking up
Assistant superintendent says initially denied job due fight, Hernandez (NY)
to race, Jackson (PA) : Girls raped after accepting ride home from fellow
Bus driver claims age discrimination, Bunch (6th Cir.) ... Feb. students, Frederick (LA)
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Parent says district should have prevented daughter’s Parents object-to immunization requirement, Galinsky
murder, Marshall (NY) (2nd Cir.)
Student is harassed and beaten by fellow students, Retaliation
Spaulding (WV) District reprimands teacher on Lithium, Schmidt (KS)... Jan.
Duty to Supervise School Board
Student loses sight in one eye after horseplay, Board objects to teacher serving as board member,
Convey Unified School District No. 501 (KS)
Employee Discipline - School Violence
Bus driver reprimanded for removing monitoring Boy writes bomb threat on locker room wall, In the
video camera from bus, Brock (ID) Aug. Matter of the Welfare of: M.J.S. (MN)
Principal fired after turning students away, Lorans (NY) Nov.
Sexual Abuse
Principal questions competency of teacher of 32
Student sues teacher and district 10 years after abuse,
years, Appleton (CT)
Teacher wants to donate crayons to underprivileged ROA: - CTI GID sis Sccanccscecctscensiccinevnccncestnsns June
BG PACES ARONA.) x eusuieascconcanavsesessouscinnasiibipnsveaovniaai n July Sexual Harassment
School custodian fired over suggestive joke, State
Employee Termination Employment Relations Board (OH)
Elementary school principal termination allowed by
Student says district should have prevented her rape,
newly enacted laws, Head (7th Cir.) .0..........sscsssssseeeees Nov.
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Janitor fired after increased union activity, Bloom
Substitute teacher alleges hostile work environment,
Township High School District 206 (IL)
Teacher wants art class to color anti-Ku Klux Klan George (NY)
buttons, Hall Special Education
Teacher who pushed students against lockers Can special ed student participate in graduation
reinstated, School District of Beverly (MA) before completing program?, Woodland Hills
First Amendment School District (PA)
Child pressured to recite Pledge of Allegiance, Director of private school convicted of fraud,
RMI IN Uris vcispseccsadeosestsansecsccsaseveratsocatbeshvisheaesibiiterd May Robinson CC. ‘US. ‘CAR sccassiecsncscacsdsoececteleesnses March
Mother banned from school after protesting dress Implementing learning-disabled/gifted student’s IEP,
D.B. (4th Cir.)
code, Nuding (IL) Parents reject three IEPs, Wilson County School
Professor denies writing derogatory letters, yet
System (TN)
claims First Amendment right to free speech,
PN I ID cars ssracasecssccaxsecespeceasoersecsireseceeiasassreieentits April Parents remove their dyslexic child from public
Teacher claims right to post anti-gay materials, school, Linda W. (7th Cir.)
Parents transfer autistic child to private school,
Downs (9th Cir.) Walker County School District (llth Cif.) we. April
Grading Procedures Principal and social worker seek court supervision of
Parent challenges in-class grading by students, Falvo disabled student, In the Matter of Beau “II” (NY)... March
(10th Cir.)
Student Discipline
Immunity Basketball player off team due to dragon tattoo,
Cheerleader sues after “basket toss” goes wrong, SUOEES: CIEE CIEE) sai cisaccsescsadcacecssssscnstes oarsesceaaegeregter eae) Dec.
PRONE URED sco cacyceesyasdecasuxassaabyoseistenastuassiapaaneereteeens Sept.
School suspends students from playing football for
Civil War buff suspended for showing Confederate drinking, L.P.M. (FL)
flag to friends during lunch, Denno (FL) .............0 Sept. Student hides gun in pants, worried dad might kill
High school coach makes secret locker room videos, him, J.M. (WV)
Riddick (4th Cir.) Student removed from home after assault in cafeteria,
School board demotes assistant principal, Canary In the Matter of M.F., a Juvenile (TX)
PEPER SIECD sn snnseckkeavcoenssaseibasacassnpotesnvnpunceecttbeesdeipacaneonionsstoh ooJ uly Teacher gives students electric shocks, Rush (IL)
Student in coma after struck by train, Day (OH)
Teacher accused of shutting student in closet over Supreme Court Decision
BED WNh, ORIN, TD ooo cess ksscoessscceosecduncesoce cocartekcneans e Nov. Government may fund equipment for religious
Teacher kicks desk with student in it across room, schools, Mitchell (U.S. Supreme Court)
Highest court forbids prayer at public school games,
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Truancy arrest lands wrong person in jail, Ventura (TX) Oct. Doe (U.S. Supreme Court)
Injury Supreme Court Dissent
Bus driver hits parked car, Marshall (LA) Highest Court refuses review for evolution policy,
Tangipahoa Parish Board of Education
Labor Relations (U.S. Supreme Court)
District fires school bus driver after DUI conviction,
RO RD ite scescsvaterassab pnabaeca sans ton Socigr sap saspeotimeraniesces Aug. Teachers Suing Students
District unilaterally increases honor roll requirements, Students publish death and rape threats against
Rochester: Area School: Digthict 5.0 :.0.:021:5:scicsarsoossessosiness May teacher, Nims (FL)
School district closes its facilities during severe Wages
winter storm, American Federation of State, County, Teachers say district must pay promised salaries,
and Municipal Employees Local 1025 Sioux Falls Wells (WY)
School Maintenance and Custodial Workers (SD) April Workers’ Compensation
Negligence Assistant principal’s car skids onto football field,
Car hits child who unexpectedly ran into street, Aughtry (SC)
Hanley (NY) Can wages from dissimilar jobs for same employer be
Personnel Records combined to compute benefits?, Dinwiddie County
Teacher suspended for writing notes to female School Board (VA)
students, Wakefield Teachers Association (MA) Driver injured after his bus rammed by another school
bus, School Board of Broward County (FL)
Quality Education
Denver parents sue district, claiming lack of quality Special ed teacher gets into fight with social worker,
education, Denver Parents Association (CO) Northwest Suburban Special Education Organization
Redistricting Superintendent commits suicide, Humboldt
Louisiana school board adopts redistricting plan, Reno Community Schools (IA)
UOMO C2. 8 ea Re Pr fo March Teacher has heart attack after meeting with
Religion superintendent, Brown: (rd: Cir) iis. costesccaesepscsventessoee Dec.
First-grade student cannot read Bible story aloud in Teacher reported for verbally abusing subordinate,
class, C.H. (3rd Cir.) Mudrovich (WI)