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19-004255TTS POLK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD vs HECTOR MARRERO (2019)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Aug. 12, 2019

Did the absenteeism of Respondent, Hector Marrero, amount to just cause to terminate his employment as a teacher with Petitioner, Polk County School Board (Board), under Article 4.4 of the County's Teacher Collective Bargaining Agreement (Agreement)?Three years of absences exceeding available leave days after warnings were just cause to terminate employment even though absences were due to difficult family problems and related legal proceedings.

19-004256TTS POLK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD vs JEAN REGAN (2019)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Aug. 12, 2019

Whether just cause exists for Petitioner, Polk County School Board, to terminate Respondent, Jean Regan, from her employment as a teacher.The School Board failed to prove that the teacher improperly assisted ESE students during FSA test while providing oral accommodations to which students were entitled.

19-005144TTS POLK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD vs KEITH ALAN COOK (2019)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Sep. 25, 2019

The issue is whether Respondent's employment with Petitioner as a high school teacher should be terminated.Respondent engaged in serious misconduct when, during a schoolwide lockdown drill, he proposed scenarios of how an active shooter could inflict far greater damage on students and faculty than the “typical” shooter. Respondent's termination is justified.

18-002983TTS POLK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD vs RANDALL J. SMITH (2018)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Jun. 11, 2018

The issue is whether just cause exists for Petitioner, Polk County School Board (School Board), to terminate Respondent's employment as a classroom teacher.Petitioner failed to prove that just cause exists for termination of Respondent. A reprimand or verbal warning is more appropriate.

17-000728TTS POLK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD vs JENNIFER POTTS (2017)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Feb. 02, 2017

Whether Respondent Jennifer Pott’s conduct constitutes just cause for her dismissal from employment with Petitioner Polk County School Board (School Board).The greater weight of the evidence supports a finding that Respondent violated the statutes, rules, and negotiated contract. Discipline is appropriate.

18-004169TTS POLK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD vs HOLLY SECKINGER (2018)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Aug. 08, 2018

The issue is whether just cause exists for Petitioner, Polk County School Board (School Board), to terminate Respondent's employment as a teacher.School Board established that Respondent was guilty of gross insubordination and willful neglect of duties. Termination recommended.

18-004764TTS POLK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD vs STACIA BOYD (2018)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Sep. 12, 2018

Whether just cause exists for Petitioner, Polk County School Board, to terminate Respondent, Stacia Boyd from her employment as a teacher.School Board has just cause to terminate teacher for willful neglect of duites in failing to timely enter grades.

17-005567TTS POLK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD vs KIMBERLY HORBETT (2017)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Oct. 10, 2017

Whether just cause exists for Petitioner, Polk County School Board, to terminate Respondent’s employment as a teacher.The School Board proved, by a preponderance of the evidence, that just cause exists to terminate Respondent's employment as a teacher for misconduct in office.

16-000588TTS POLK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD vs KRISTEN TURNER (2016)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Feb. 01, 2016

Whether there is just cause to terminate Respondent’s employment with the school district.Respondent's lack of candor regarding falsifying grade records demonstrated a failure to maintain honesty in all school dealings.

16-002612TTS POLK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD vs BRENDA BOHLINGER (2016)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: May 13, 2016

The issue is whether Respondent Brenda Bohlinger’s conduct constitutes just cause for her dismissal from employment with Petitioner Polk County School Board (School Board).School Board proved by a preponderance of the evidence that it had just cause to terminate Respondent's employment.

Donald Herbert Wilson, Jr.