O'Connell v. School District of Springfield R-12

COVINGTON, Judge.

Appellant Kathleen O’Connell was a tenured, permanent teacher under an indefinite employment contract with the School District of Springfield R-12. §§ 168.104(4) and 168.106, RSMo 1986. The District terminated appellant’s indefinite contract on August 1, 1990, for “incompetency and inefficiency as set forth in § 168.114.1(3), RSMo.” Upon appeal the circuit court affirmed the District’s decision. § 168.120, RSMo 1986. The Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, reversed. This Court granted transfer to consider whether O’Connell received adequate notice of the charges…