Arroyo v. Board of Education

CATHELL, Judge.

This case concerns a decision by the Board of Education of Howard County (“County Board”), respondent, to terminate the employment of Robert Arroyo, petitioner, a guidance counselor employed by the Howard County Public School System (“HCPSS”), 1 and whether the later affirmance of that decision by the Maryland State Board of Education (“State Board”) constituted an exhaustion of petitioner’s administrative remedies.

Prior to the instant case, petitioner had previously contested his termination through the administrative procedures available to him under Md.Code (1978, 2001…