Roberts v. BD. OF TRUSTEES, DIST. 25

TROUT, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from the Pocatello School District Board of Trustees’ (Board) decision terminating Marcia Roberts’ (Roberts) employment as a school bus driver.

I

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Roberts was an at-will employee of Pocatello School District No. 25 (School District) and was employed as a bus driver from the late 1980s to January 1996, when she was discharged. Roberts received positive performance reviews in June 1992 and April 1993. In the summer or early fall of 1993, Roberts joined the Pocatello Education Association (PEA). Beginning in June of 1994,…