by Jennifer Childress | Apr 18, 2018 | Legal Developments, Personnel
After Christy Williams was terminated from her position at the Tarrant County College District (TCCD), she filed suit for discrimination, failure to accommodate, and retaliation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Texas Commission on Human Rights...
by Jennifer Childress | Feb 28, 2018 | Legal Developments, Personnel
This week, every public school in West Virginia was shut down due to a teacher’s strike. Teacher protests, such as the one in West Virginia, implicate First Amendment rights. When can a school district enforce restrictions on teacher and student speech in these...
by Jennifer Childress | Feb 6, 2018 | Legal Developments, Personnel
Lori Rayborn was a high school nurse when a student committed suicide due to alleged school bullying. The student was diabetic and Rayborn had worked closely with the student to provide medical care. Rayborn documented fluctuations in the student’s glucose levels in...
by Jennifer Childress | Jan 30, 2018 | Legal Developments, Personnel
Elsa Rodriguez is a current Houston Independent School District employee and a member of the HISD teacher’s union, the Houston Federation of Teachers (“HFT”). Rodriguez became active in HFT in 2008 while teaching at Oates Elementary. Rodriguez filed several...
by Jennifer Childress | Jan 23, 2018 | Legal Developments, Personnel, Students
In Ayala v. Houston ISD, No. CV H-16-2503, 2018 WL 496898, at *1–2 (S.D. Tex. Jan. 22, 2018), a federal district court weighed in on whether the Houston ISD and several school officials violated federal anti-discrimination laws with respect to a student who claims she...
by Jennifer Childress | Nov 30, 2017 | Legal Developments, Personnel
In Del Angel v. La Joya Independent School District, Dkt. No. 15-41099 (5th Cir. Nov. 29, 2017), twenty-nine employees of La Joya Independent School District sued the school district, the seven members of the Board of Trustees, a Hidalgo County Commissioner, and one...
