Jeffrey Hewitt v. Westfield Washington School Corporation

DAVID, Justice.

This case involves termination of an elementary school principal after the school board learned that the principal had been involved in a sexual relationship with a teacher, one of his subordinates.' At issue is whether the school board provided the principal with appropriate process when -it terminated his employment as-an administrator. In a case of first impression, we hold that the teacher’s termination statute, found at Indiana Code § 20-28-7.5-1 et seq., does not apply to termination of an administrator when his underlying teaching contract is not being terminated. We…