Redman v. BD. OF REGENTS OF NEW MEXICO

OPINION

MINZNER, Judge.

Appellant Marilyn Redman appeals a decision of the State Board of Education affirming her dismissal as a teacher at the New Mexico School for the Visually Handicapped (NMSVH). Her dismissal was based upon a determination that she wrote and widely disseminated an anonymous letter, which made false accusations of misconduct by NMSVH officials, and that this conduct had a material and detrimental effect upon Jerry Watkins, NMSVH superintendent, and NMSVH itself. We reverse.

Beginning in May 1981, Watkins had received copies of three anonymous letters, which made similar…