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01-3674 Mateu-Anderegg v. School District of Whitefish Bay

By: dmc-admin//September 3, 2002//

01-3674 Mateu-Anderegg v. School District of Whitefish Bay

By: dmc-admin//September 3, 2002//

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“The reasons given for the nonrenewal of Mateu-Anderegg’s contract indicate that she was not meeting the employer’s legitimate expectations. Those reasons were her ineffective and limited teaching style, inconsistency and inappropriate discipline of students, poor relationship with other staff members, and a failure to comply with the expectations and responsibilities of a teacher. The record in this case supports the School District’s contention that Mateu-Anderegg was not meeting its expectations. As the evaluations show, there were concerns about her teaching style. There was considerable discontent shown by both students and parents, particularly about her inability to control her class and her method of dealing with discipline problems. Ms. Born’s statement indicates her belief that the problems Mateu-Anderegg faced involved discipline and teaching philosophy.

“It may very well be that Codell did not provide Mateu-Anderegg with the level of support she needed to succeed. It seems clear they did not get along very well. It may even be that Codell was not a particularly good principal. Mateu-Anderegg points out that the District must have known ‘more about Codell than it has thus far acknowledged’ because of his ‘serendipitous resignation shortly following Mateu-Anderegg’s non-renewal . . . .’ However, even were we to conclude that Codell did not perform ideally in this situation, Mateu-Anderegg has not raised a genuine issue of material fact as to whether his failure had anything to do with bias against her because she is a woman or because she is of Spanish descent or, in McDonnell Douglas terms, that she was meeting her employer’s legitimate expectations, or that the reasons given for nonrenewal were a pretext for discrimination based on sex or national origin. On this record, summary judgment for the School District was properly granted.”

Affirmed.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Clevert, J., Evans, J.

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