064163P.pdf   02/29/2008  Mary King  v.  Russell Hardesty
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  06-4163
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Jefferson City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Bye and Bowman, Circuit Judges]
   Civil case - civil rights. School administrator's comment that whites
   could teach black kids better than someone from their own race was
   direct evidence that race was a motivating factor in the decision not
   to hire plaintiff, and the district court erred in finding that
   plaintiff had failed to adduce direct evidence of race discrimination;
   plaintiff's other claims were subject to the McDonnell Douglas analysis
   because they were only supported by circumstantial evidence; plaintiff's
   claim that the district discriminated against her by failing to pay her
   long term substitute pay is remanded for further proceedings; summary
   judgment in district's favor on plaintiff's claim that she was excluded
   from the substitute teacher list on the basis of her race is affirmed;
   the district's summary judgment on the claim that it discriminated in
   the frequency of her assignments is reversed; claim concerning district's
   decision not to hire plaintiff for the position of home school coordinator
   remanded for further proceedings; certain of plaintiff's retaliation
   claims remanded.