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The Case Of Rogelynn Emory V. Memphis City Schools Board Of Education

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In a predominantly black high school, Freddie Watts is the principal and Jimmy Brothers is the assistant principal. They are both African American administrators. During a heated conversation between the two administrators and Ann Griffin, a white tenured teacher. Griffin stated that she “hated all black folks.” After the conversation there was word that spread among their colleagues which are both black and white. It caused negative reactions throughout because of her statement. Mr. Watts, the principal recommended Mrs. Griffin’s dismissal based on concerns regarding her ability to treat students fairly and her judgment and competency as a teacher. Rogelynn Emory v. Memphis City Schools Board of Education (2017) is the case presented is …show more content…

Griffin for dismissal. In the case of Rogelynn Emory v. Memphis City Schools Board of Education (2017) the court ruled that Mrs. Emory should be dismissed from teaching because it was ruled that she was not an effective or competent teacher. There were instances where the administrators knew Mrs. Emory had trouble with classroom management. There was sufficient evidence and testimony that showed Mrs. Emory lacked some things to be an efficient teacher. For Mrs. Griffins there is enough concerns of judgment, treatment of students, and competency based on her heated conversation because it created negative reactions among the people that heard about this conversation. This would create a lot of problems throughout the school. However, the case of Mrs. Griffin while it does have some similarities to Emory there is not enough evidence to say that Mrs. Griffin is already a bad and inefficient teacher. There would have to be sufficient evidence that Mrs. Griffin was not be an effective teacher to the point where her students would suffer the most. There would have to be more information presented to dismiss her. Mrs. Griffin is a tenure teacher which provides her a level of protection to unjust dismissal. Such as in the case of Vergara v. California (2014) where to the court ruled for the teacher rights and tenure. Mr. Watts concerns about the teacher’s judgment, treatment of students fairly and her competency would be a great starting point for the case but there would need to be more information for a court to uphold her

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