Blank v. Independent School District No. 16

OPINION

NIERENGARTEN, Judge.

Respondents Rachel Blank and Kent Charron appeal the school board’s resolution adopting a hearing examiner’s recommendation which placed them on unrequested leave of absence. On appeal the district court substituted its findings for those of the hearing examiner and ordered the school district to reinstate respondents with full back pay. We affirm in part and reverse in part. -

*388FACTS

Independent School District No. 16 and the Spring Lake Park Federation of Teachers, the teachers’ exclusive bargaining representative, negotiated a policy for placing teachers on…