Fay v. BD. OF DIRECTORS OF NORTH-LINN, ETC.

Petitioner, John Pay, appeals from district court order reversing the adjudicator’s decision and reinstating appellee Board’s decision to terminate his teaching contract. He argues 1) that the Board’s decision was not supported by a preponderance of the evidence, 2) that district court erroneously used a substantial evidence standard rather than a preponderance standard in finding just cause to terminate the contract, 3) that district court should have given more weight to the adjudicator’s decision, and 4), that the Board’s fact findings failed to comply with statutory requirements. We…