Van Hooser v. Warren County Board of Education

OPINION

DAUGHTREY, Justice.

This case arises out of the alleged misconduct of a teacher, the efforts made to settle the case, and, when those efforts failed, the procedures implemented to seek and obtain her dismissal. It presents substantive issues arising under the Teacher Tenure Act, T.C.A. §§ 49-5-501 et seq., and the Open Meetings Act, T.C.A. §§ 8-44-101 et seq.

The teacher in question, Marilyn Van Hooser, sued for reinstatement and back pay, claiming that she was improperly suspended and then dismissed. After an evi-dentiary hearing in the trial court, the chancellor ruled in favor of the…