Legal Opinion

Brawner v. Marietta City Board of Education

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 28, 2007No. A06A2133PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Barnes, Chief Judge.

Dr. Sharon Brawner, a City of Marietta elementary school teacher, was terminated after she attended a pre-planning day at her school while she was on extended long-term disability leave because of treatment and complications from cancer. The Marietta City Board of Education (hereinafter “the Local Board”) terminated Brawner’s teaching contract on the grounds of insubordination and other “good and sufficient cause.” The State Board of Education affirmed the Local Board, and upon Brawner’s appeal, the superior court, finding *11evidence of insubordination, upheld the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Terry v. Houston County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986
  2. Moulder v. Bartow County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004
  3. Clinch County Board of Education v. HinsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
  4. McClellon v. GageMissouri Court of Appeals · 1989
  5. Butts v. Higher Education Interim Governing Board/Shepherd CollegeWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2002

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Chattooga County Board of Education v. SearelsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010
  2. C. P. R. v. Henry County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2014
  3. King v. Worth County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013
  4. Henry County Board of Education v. S. G.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2016
  5. Brawner v. Marietta City Board of EducationCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007

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