Burroughs v. West Windsor Board of School Directors

This is the second time this case has been before this Court. The sequence of events resulting in the present appeal began when the plaintiff was notified her teaching contract would not be renewed. She requested a hearing pursuant to 16 V.S.A. § 1752(b) before the West Windsor Board of School Directors. At the hearing the plaintiff claimed that the school district had the burden of establishing that they had “just and sufficient cause,” 16 V.S.A. § 1752(b), for her non-renewal. The school district claimed the plaintiff had the burden of establishing a lack of cause for nonrenewal. The school…