Hostin

MEMORANDUM

Arizona Schools for the Deaf and Blind (ASDB), which is governed by a Board of Directors (ASDB Board), is an agency of the State of Arizona that provides educational services to deaf, blind and sensory-impaired students. In July 1993, Terry D. Hostin (Hostin), who is profoundly deaf, was hired as Principal for the Phoenix Day School for the Deaf (PDSD), one of the schools operated by ASDB. Hostin hired Sandy Jakobs (Jakobs), a deaf individual, as the instructional team leader for the elementary department in 1995. Soon thereafter, some of the teachers complained to Dr. Wilbur Lewis, ASDB’s superintendent, about Jakobs. On November 22, 1995, Lewis sent Hostin a letter expressing concern about Jakobs and directing Hostin to address the problem. On March 20, 1995, Lewis met with members of PDSD faculty and staff regarding the problems surrounding Jakobs. On April 4, 1996, the ASDB Board followed Lewis’s recommendation and denied renewal of Hostin’s employment contract.

Hostin seeks monetary damages and injunctive relief for his claims against ASDB and the ASDB Board for violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), violation of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,…