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1 Q. Okay. Have you ever heard

2 Ms. Cliatt use any language that could be

3 considered racist?

4 A. No, sir.

5 Q. You never heard her say
6 anything about white trailer trash, or

7 anything like that?

8 A. No, sir.

9 Q. What about any other

10 employees? Did you ever hear them making

il any comments that could be considered

12 racist?

13 A. No, sir.

14 Q. Whether that be a white

15 employee, or a black employee?

16 A. No, sir.

17 Q. Was it common for employees to
18 joke around with one another?

19 A. Yes, sir.

20 Q. What's the date on this

21 evaluation? This evaluation was dated April

22 25th, of 2005; is that correct?

23 A. Yes, sir.

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MR. WILSON: Okay.
Q. Did you tell Ms. Pritchett
that you were going to recommend nonrenewal?
A. Well, she was in there. I

didn't have to tell her. She was in the

office.

Q. Okay. I guess I'm wondering
who -- Was it you or was it Ms. Passmore who
kind of ~- who said we should nonrenew her

next year?
A. That was my decision.
Q. Okay. And did Ms. Pritchett

give you any input?

A. I don't remember.

Q. What about Ms. Passmore?

A. She agreed with the decision.
Q. And then, when you and

Ms. Passmore went to Mr. Sparks, he also
agreed?
A. Yes, sir.

Q. Did Ms. Passmore say anything

to you about the conversations she had with

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Q. Do you remember her having
problems with any of the other employees?

A. No, sir.

Q. Do you remember her -- You
don't remember her having a problem with
Ms. Betty Cliatt?

A. No, sir.

Q. What type of employee was

Ms. Cliatt?

A. She seemed to be a very
slow-learning worker. Sometimes, I don't
think that she understood. Whenever I would

give her a job task to do, she was very slow
at completing the job task.
Q. Did you ever fill out an

evaluation on her?

A. Yes, sir.

Q. Do you remember how she
scored?

A. I don't remember.

Q. Do you remember if she needed

improvement in some areas?

A. I don't remember.

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Q. Okay. So, what was the reason
you gave for wanting to nonrenew

Ms. Hutchison?

A. Safety reasons.

Q. Based on Mr. McCart?

A. Yes, sir.

Q. And based on what Ms. Passmore

told you about Mr. McCart?

A. Yes, sir.

Q. Because you had never met him;
is that correct?

A. No, sir, I have not met him.

Q. Okay. Do you remember
anything else about that conversation about
the decision to not renew Ms. Hutchison?

A. I really don't.

Q. Okay. Had you ever given a
recommendation to nonrenew any other

employees?

A. No, sir.

Q Have you since then?
A. No, sir.

Q

Do you remember if anyone else

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

EASTERN DIVISION

CASE NUMBER: CV-06-00700-WHA

ELIZABETH LYNNE HUTCHISON,

Plaintiff, PFOA
Lop Yi yy

vs.
PHENIX CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION, ET AL.,

Defendants.

8S TI PULATION

IT IS STIPULATED AND AGREED by and
between the parties through their respective
counsel, that the deposition of Brenda
Densel may be taken before Sara Mahler, CSR,
at the offices of Raymond Jackson, at 2505
Crawford Road, Phenix City, Alabama 36867,

on the 10th day of April, 2007.
DEPOSITION OF BRENDA DENSEL

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in the office with you?

A. We share an office, yes, sir.

Q. Okay. So, that morning before
you go see Mr. Sparks, Ms. Passmore comes in
and speaks to you and Ms. Pritchett?

A. Yes, sir.

Q. About the incident from the
Previous day?

A. Yes, sir.

Q. Okay. And so, was the
decision to nonrenew her made then? And
then, was the recommendation made then?

A. Me and Penny had talked about
it. And I had said: Penny, I've got some
safety concerns about this. And I said:

I'm just not sure. Lynne would have been
coming up for tenure, and so I Suggested we
go talk to Mr. Sparks. and we did.

Ox Okay. And did you tell her
that you were going to recommend that she be
nonrenewed?

MS. SMITH: Object to the form

of the question, as to did you tell who

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improvement.
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Plaintiff's Exhibit 1,

except for one that needed

Was she a good employee?

Yes, sir.

Did you have any problems with

No, sir.

Did she always do her job?

Yes, sir.
Follow the directions?
Yes, sir.

I'm going to mark this

you've ever seen this before?

A.

Q.

(Plaintiff's Exhibit 1 was

marked for identification

purposes.)

Yes, sir.

Okay. And did you bring any

documents with you, or anything?

A.

Q.

received a copy of it?

Yes. The same.

Oh, you brought that.

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1 Q. And as you stated, she was
2 satisfactory in everything except one
3 category?
4 A. Yes, sir.
5 Q. Which was acceptance of
6 constructive criticism?
7 A. Yes, sir.
8 Q. Why was that -- Why did you
3 think that she needed improvement in that
10 area?
11 A. It was just that
12 Ms. Hutchison's behavior sometimes.
13 Q. What do you mean by that?
14 A. She would always come in there
15 and seem like she wanted to tell me
16 something, and then I would ask her, you
17 know, if there was a problem or if something
18 was wrong. And she would say: Oh, no,
19 Ms. Brenda, everything's okay. And I would
20 say: Are you sure? If there's something
21 wrong, you need to tell me where we can take
22 care of it. And this was constantly, off
23 and on, all the time.

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