Huntsville City Board of Education v. Johnson

PITTMAN, Judge.

The Huntsville City Board of Education (“the Board”) appeals from a hearing officer’s decision reversing the Board’s approval of the termination of the employment of Margaret Johnson; Johnson cross-appealed, asserting that the hearing officer erred in determining that the Board’s notice of termination was sufficient.

Procedural History

On April 25, 2011, Dr. Ann Roy Moore, who was at that time the superintendent of the Board, sent a notice to Johnson and the Board of her intent to recommend the termination of Johnson’s employment; that notice stated the following reason for the…