Opinion ID: 2629508
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The communications were of reasonable concern to the school district

Text: John also failed to establish a genuine issue of material fact as it applied to the school district's concern over the matters communicated to it. The matters communicated to the DCSD were of reasonable concern to the district because they addressed the school environment as it applied to staff and students and they impacted the school district's potential legal liability. The DCSD's affidavits, interview documents, and disciplinary documents established that the written and oral statements against John were part of the school district's investigation into his conduct. Since John failed to provide any evidence in his supplemental declaration that the communications were not matters of reasonable concern to the school district, he failed to meet his burden of production. As a result, the district court correctly held that the anti-SLAPP statute applied to the communications, which were good-faith communications in furtherance of the right to free speech as defined by NRS 41.637.