In the case of Hobbs v. Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Ctr. Bd. of Edn., 2022-Ohio-921, the Court of Appeals held that a school custodian was rightly terminated where the custodian made inappropriate and crude statements to a teacher.
Here, the custodian argued that he was terminated without the school board conducting any fact finding, and the school board violated his due process rights by not notifying him of the charges against him and not affording him an opportunity to present evidence. The Court disagreed with the custodian.
In support of its decision, the Court explained that evidence showed that the school board did provide the custodian with sufficient pre-termination due process by investigating the incident, providing the custodian with notice of the charges, giving an explanation of the evidence the school board was relying on, and giving the employee an opportunity to respond to the allegations before the school board convened and decided to terminate the custodian.
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Authors: Matthew John Markling and the McGown & Markling Team.
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