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Terra nova football12/1/2023 ![]() ![]() Specifically, he alleged that Carey “wrongly believed that he was responsible for Carey’s poor relationship with supporters of the football team, because she falsely believed that he had engaged in negative talk about her with parents, players, fans and/or other supporters of the Terra Nova Tigers.” Thus, the plaintiff alleged “his removal constituted retaliation against him for protected speech.” 25, 2019, Adams was told that he had been removed from his role as head varsity football coach but would retain his position as a tenured teacher at the school.Īdams sued, naming Carey and Terry Ann DeLoria, the Superintendent of the Jefferson Union High School District, as defendants. Adams alleged that after that “his professional relationship with Carey continued to deteriorate and was ‘challenging’ throughout the following 2018 football season,” according to the court. The friction between Carey and Adams grew when Carey issued a letter of reprimand to the plaintiff. Parents and team supporters were unhappy about the decision and later that month she was criticized by boosters. Carey went on to report the brawl to the California Interscholastic Federation and eventually forfeited the first game of the year as a self-imposed penalty. While Adams praised the team for supporting each other in the brawl, Carey told the players that she was disappointed in them for their involvement in the brawl, according to the court. 11, 2017, when a pre-season football game turned into a brawl. The plaintiff also alleged a procedural due process claim on the grounds that the defendants hired a non-teacher, temporary employee as head varsity coach without making such an assignment available to (and giving notice of the assignment) teachers presently employed in the school district.Īdams’ demise as football coach may have started on Aug. Plaintiff Tim Adams, who is a tenured teacher at Terra Nova High School, alleged that he was removed from coaching the Terra Nova football team in 2018 because Principal Megan Carey erroneously believed he had turned the team’s fan base against her. A federal judge from the Northern District of California has granted summary judgment to a district superintendent and a high school principal, who were sued by the school’s former head football coach, who alleged that he had been retaliated against and deprived of his due process rights when it terminated him and then did not rehire him when the job became available again. ![]()
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