Bell v. Bd. of Educ. of City of St. Louis

PUDLOWSKI, Judge.

Appellant, Maurice Bell, appeals from the judgment of the Circuit Court of St. Louis County affirming the decision of the Board of Education of St. Louis City. The Board’s decision, dated December 5, 1984, suspended the appellant without pay from that date until the end of the 1984-85 school year. The appellant’s suspension was the result of the drowning of a sixth grade student during a field trip. We affirm.

During the 1983-84 school year, the appellant was employed by the Board of Education as the principal of Clinton Middle School. On April 3, 1984, Mrs. Mona Koz-len, a…