Legal Opinion
Freshwater v. Mount Vernon City School District Board of Education
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided November 19, 2013No. 2012-0613PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*470O’Connor, C.J.
{¶ 1} In this appeal, we determine whether the evidence supports the stated reasons for terminating the employment of a public school teacher, appellant, John Freshwater, for introducing religion into his eighth-grade science classes and for insubordination. More specifically, we must address whether the evidence was sufficient to demonstrate that appellee, Mount Vernon City School District Board of Education (“the board” or “the district”), terminated Freshwater for insubordination in refusing to remove religious displays in his classroom after being told to do so, and for…
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