Burkett v. Board of Education of Pulaski County

LESTER, Judge.

This appeal represents the second bite at the apple for with one slight variation, the general issues have heretofore been decided as between the same parties in Board of Education of Pulaski County v. Burkett, Ky., 525 S.W.2d 747 (1975). In the first appeal, it was decided that a tenured teacher who is removed from his position pursuant to KRS 161.790(3) and (4) is not deprived of property interests and contract rights without procedural due process, because the school board is cast into and occupies the roles of employer, investigator, accuser, prosecutor, jury and judge.…