In two separate R.C. 3319.16 termination cases, Ohio appellate courts have upheld school board decisions rejecting the recommendations of appointed referees in circumstances where a school board found factual findings contrary to a referee’s factual findings that went against the preponderance of the evidence or where a school board determined that the loss of community trust constituted “good and just cause” for termination.
To read our blog on the case of Ellsworth v. Streetsboro City Sch. Dist. Bd. of Educ., 2019-Ohio-4731, click here.
To read our blog on the case of O’Donnell v. Bd. of Educ., 2019-Ohio-4521, click here.
Authors: Matthew John Markling and the McGown & Markling Team.
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