Welch v. Bd. of Ed. of Chandler U. Sch. Dist.

OPINION

GREER, Judge.

This appeal by the Board of Education (Board) is from a judgment reinstating appellee Ronald J. Welch as a teacher following a judicial review of his dismissal by the Board. The trial court held that the Board abused its discretion because there was no reasonable evidence that good cause existed for his dismissal. We reverse.

In the fall of 1980, Mr. Welch and Cindy Vardon, a seventeen year old Chandler High School student, developed a private, personal relationship, which eventually led to marriage. Ms. Vardon’s parents were divorced. Her mother, with whom she lived, was…