Courtney Dickinson

Ed W Clark High School: TEACH Internship

February 23, 2017

Week Three Assignment

Perry v. Sindermann

1. Facts of the Case

a. The players involved are Charles Perry, petitioner, and Robert

Sindermann, respondent.
b. The case was about Sindermann, who had been a professor at Odessa

Junior college, for 4 years until his contract was not renewed. They did not provide official

reasons for his termination and would not give him a hearing to challenge his termination.

Sindermann filed suit stating that the court violated his fourteenth amendment right to due

process. The court ruled that Sindermann did have a right to a full trial.
c. This case took place in 1972.
d. The case originated in Odessa Junior College in Texas.
e. The case is relevant to public education in the U.S. today because it sets

a precedent protecting teachers fourteenth amendment right to due process, just because

of a lack of tenure.
2. The final ruling was that the court did need to give Sindermann a full trial and a hearing

before the board of regents.

3. I do not think that the intent of this case has become a reality for much of America today

because there are still people who are fired for unfair reasons and people who do not get a fair trial

for these reasons.

The Nevada Konewko v. Douglas School District

1. The facts of the case

a. Respondent: Karen Konewko Petitioner: Douglas School District.
 b. Karen Konewko was a teacher who was fired from the Douglas School

District after it was found that she wrote sexually-explicit letters to a male student at her

school.
c. September 1992
d. The case originated in Douglas County, Nevada.
e. This case is relevant to public education in the U.S. today because this is

an issue that is faced too often. Especially now with social media and electronic forms of

communication, it is important that the courts support the schools decisions to fire

teachers in order to protect their students from behavior like this.

2. The final ruling in this case was in favor of the Douglas County School district, finding

Karen Konewko guilty, and maintaining that teachers need to keep an emotional distance from their

students.
3. I think the intent of this case has become a reality for much of America today because

teachers become involved in situations like this and it is important that there are consequences that

are severe enough to send the message that behavior like this is not okay.