Hall v. Jennings School District

LAWRENCE G. CRAHAN, Judge.

Jennings School District (“District”) and Donna Hall (“Teacher”) cross-appeal the judgment ordering Teacher reinstated to her position as a tenured schoolteacher due to ex parte contacts between District’s Superintendent and the Board of Education during the Board’s deliberations leading to Teacher’s dismissal. We reverse and remand with directions.

Following a hearing, the Board of Education found that Teacher had been willfully insubordinate in the line of duty, terminated her contract and conditionally offered her a contract of employment as a probationary teacher…