Gerig v. Board of Education of the Central School District, R-III

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

Appellant teacher appeals from the orders of the trial court overruling his motion for an evidentiary hearing and granting the school board’s motion for summary judgment. Gerig was a tenured teacher who was discharged after a contested hearing.

Gerig was employed by the Board of Education of the Central School District R-III in Flat River. He taught English and media classes at the high school. As part of a media class assignment students submitted news stories, features, cartoons and advertisements to be included in a publication entitled the Buschwacker Times. The…