Jones v. Board of Education

In April 1973, plaintiff-appellee, Clifford Jones, received notice from the defendant-appellant, the Board of Education of Mt. Healthy City School District, that the board was considering the termination of Jones’ teaching contract “for gross inefficiency and for other good and just cause.” In response, Jones timely filed a written demand for a public hearing, electing to have the hearing held before a referee rather than before the board pursuant to R. C. 3319.16. A lengthy evidentiary hearing was accordingly held before the referee below, at the conclusion of which the referee submitted a…