Knowles v. Board of Education

Opinion by

Judge JONES.

Petitioner, Robert Knowles, appeals the order by the respondent, Board of Education, School District No. Re-1, Valley, Logan County (school district), dismissing him from his position as a tenured teacher on grounds of neglect of duty and other good and just cause. We affirm.

Petitioner’s dismissal from the teaching position he had held since 1980 was a result of the following incidents, as found by the hearing officer at the conclusion of a five-day hearing.

Petitioner was a middle school industrial arts teacher for sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students. He had also…