Norton v. Board of Education

I respectfully dissent as to part I of the majority’s opinion which concludes that the Board’s consideration of public comment was mere “harmless error.” I would remand this matter to the Board to reconsider the hearing officer’s report without receiving public comment and without considering such comment as it has already received.

In Cordova v. Lara, 42 Colo.App. 483, 600 P.2d 105 (1979) and in Merritt v. Consolidated School District No. 8, 522 P.2d 137 (Colo.App.1974) (not selected for official publication), this court held that the Board’s consideration of extraneous information was…