Board of Directors of Sioux City v. Mroz

McGIVERIN, Justice.

Petitioner Board of Directors of the Sioux City Community School District (Board) appeals a district court judgment affirming an adjudicator’s decision requiring the Board to reinstate respondent Ames Mroz as a teacher. The main issue for our review is whether the adjudicator’s decision was unsupported by a preponderance of the competent evidence in the record made before the Board when that record is viewed as a whole. § 279.18(6), The Code. We conclude that a preponderance of such evidence establishes “just cause” for termination of the teacher’s contract under section…