Maddox v. Clackamas County School District No. 25

THORNTON, J.,

specially concurring.

Although I concur in the result reached in the prevailing opinion, I am in total disagreement with its rationale.

The crux of my disagreement with the majority is that in my view the majority opinion completely disregards the plain language of ORS 342.835(3) specifically providing that a discharged teacher has a right of administrative appeal from the school board’s order terminating his employment after a hearing before the board.

On appeal, plaintiff argues as follows: that as a probationary teacher, plaintiff did not have a right of an administrative appeal…