Toole v. Jones

GRIMM, Presiding Judge.

Jerome Jones, superintendent of the St. Louis Public Schools, suspended Edgar Toole, Jr., from his tenured teaching position as an Assistant Naval Science Instructor. Thereafter, on Jones’ recommendation and following a hearing, the Board of Education terminated Toole’s employment. Toole’s termination was affirmed by the Circuit Court.

Toole’s brief on appeal contains two points relied on. First, there was no competent and substantial evidence that either Toole’s school principal or Naval Science Instructor had authority to order him to go on extended field trips;…