Smith County School District v. Barnes

ROBERTS, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Laura Shontelle Barnes was employed as an elementary school teacher with the Taylorsville Elementary School in the Smith County School District (District) for eleven years. On May 12, 2009, Barnes’s employment was terminated after she violated the District’s drug and alcohol policy by refusing to submit to a drug test when requested. The Smith County School Board (Board) held a hearing on July 17, 2009, and after hearing evidence from Barnes and the District, the Board affirmed the District’s Superintendent of Education’s decision to terminate Barnes’s…