Moulder v. Bartow County Board of Education

Phipps, Judge.

Velma Jean Moulder was employed by the Bartow County Board of Education (“Local Board”) as an elementary school teacher. Shortly after the Local Board offered to renew Moulder’s employment, the Superintendent of the Bartow County School System (“Local Superintendent”) informed her that he was proposing termination of her contract. Following a hearing, the Local Board voted to terminate Moulder. She appealed to the State Board of Education (“State Board”), which reversed the Local Board on grounds that Moulder had done nothing to justify her termination after the Local Board had…