Charles Pointer appeals the district court’s 1 adverse grant of summary judgment in his Title VII and state-law employment-discrimination case against Riverview Gardens School District and two of its employees. Pointer alleged that his termination from a substitute teaching position was based on his race and sex.

After de novo review, see Kasper v. Federated Mut. Ins. Co., 425 F.3d 496, 502 (8th Cir. 2005), we conclude the grant of summary judgment was proper for the reasons explained by the district court. Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

We also deny defendants’ motion to take judicial notice and Pointer’s motion for sanctions.