Legal Opinion
Johnnie M. Cliff v. Board of School Commissioners of the City of Indianapolis, Indiana, Mary Busch, Donald Payton
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 7, 1995No. 93-2498PublishedCited by 160 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
Johnnie Cliff taught mathematics and chemistry in the Indianapolis public school system for approximately twenty-eight years before the Board of School Commissioners of the City of Indianapolis (“IPS” or the “Board”) voted not to renew her contract for the 1988-89 school year. IPS maintains that its decision was prompted by a series of unsatisfactory performance reviews which indicated that Cliffs effectiveness in the classroom had been compromised by her inability to control her students. Yet Cliff contends that the Board’s decisions can be linked to…
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