Pigott v. Battle Ground Academy

MEMORANDUM

KEVIN H. SHARP, District Judge.

Laissez-moi tranquille — “Leave me alone” — more or less describes Amy C. Pigott’s attitude toward her-employment at Battle Ground Academy (“BGA”). She enjoyed her job teaching high school French, received favorable evaluations from colleagues and supervisors, and was evidently making no plans to resign or retire. School headmaster John W. Griffith, on the other hand, was dissatisfied with Pigott. He instructed her to obtain a master’s degree in French in order to continue teaching, pursuant to an unwritten policy requiring most teachers to have a…