Moffitt v. Batesville School District

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

This is an appeal by Marsha Moffitt, a teacher in the Batesville School District, from a decision of the Independence County Circuit Court upholding the school board’s termination of her contract. The issue on appeal is whether the school board had any cause to dismiss her according to the Teacher Fair Dismissal Act of 1979. Ark. Stat. Ann. §§ 80-1264 through 80-1264.10 (Repl. 1980).

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Mrs. Moffitt had been a teacher in the Batesville School District for twelve years when she was terminated. She was a nonprobationary teacher whose contract could only be terminated for…