Unified School District No. 434 v. Hubbard

Green, J.:

This case involves a teacher termination wherein the Board of Education of U.S.D. No. 434 (Board), the appellant, seeks reversal of the judgment of the district court upholding the decision of the Due Process Hearing Committee (Committee) to reinstate Robert Hubbard, the appellee.

Before the Board notified Hubbard of his termination, he had taught at Santa Fe Trail High School for 10 years. The Board, after watching a videotape made by some of his art class students, decided to terminate -his contract because of the activities shown on the videotape. The Board claimed the videotape…