Guthrie v. Board of Education of Jefferson County

STEWART, Judge.

This is an appeal from a circuit court judgment which sustained an order of the Jefferson County Board of Education dismissing appellant, Cora Guthrie, as a teacher. On March 16, 1956, Miss 'Guthrie received a letter from Richard Van Hoose, county superintendent of schools, informing her the board was going to hold a hearing for the purpose of determining whether it would be justified in discharging her for reasons of “incompetency and inefficiency.” A hearing on such grounds is provided for by KRS 161.790(1), (b). In accordance with another subsection of this statute,…