Broward FL Employment and labor, Litigation and Medical malp -- eLawyers

08-005799TTS BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD vs DIANE GRANATELLI (2008)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Nov. 19, 2008

The issue for determination is whether Respondent should be terminated from employment with Petitioner for abandonment of position.Petitioner demonstrated that Respondent abandoned her position. Recommend termination of employment.

14-001898TTS BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD vs DANIELLE ARNOLD (2014)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Apr. 22, 2014

Whether just cause exists for Petitioner to suspend Respondent, a teacher, for ten days without pay for failing to supervise a third-grade student who left campus alone and walked home during the school day.School Board failed to demonstrate just cause for 10-day suspension of third-grade teacher when student left campus and walked home alone. School had no procedure to account for students when moving from one part of campus to another during school day.

13-000490TTS BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD vs ALPHONSO JOSEPH (2013)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Feb. 08, 2013

Whether just cause exists for Petitioner to suspend and terminate Respondent from his employment as a teacher.Petitioner did not prove, by a preponderance of the evidence, that just cause exists to terminate Respondent's employment. Recommend suspension as discipline for Respondent's use of profanity directed toward students.

12-003163TTS BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD vs SELINA CLARKE (2012)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Sep. 24, 2012

Whether just cause exists to suspend Respondent's employment with the Broward County School Board for three days without compensation.Petitioner failed to establish by a preponderance of the evidence that Respondent was grossly insubordinate. Recommend dismissal of Administrative Complaint.

12-001924TTS BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD vs LAURIE NENORTAS (2012)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: May 24, 2012

The issues are whether Respondent is guilty of incompetency, misconduct in office, or insubordination and, if so, whether Petitioner may suspend her without pay for 13 days.Thirteen-day suspension for teacher guilty of misconduct by failing to protect students from conditions harmful to their safety due to her repeated failures to manage student behavior in classroom. Also incompetent.

12-002251TTS BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD vs LAURIE NENORTAS (2012)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Jun. 25, 2012

The issues are whether Respondent is guilty of incompetency, misconduct in office, or insubordination and, if so, whether Petitioner may suspend her without pay for 13 days.Thirteen-day suspension for teacher guilty of misconduct by failing to protect students from conditions harmful to their safety due to her repeated failures to manage student behavior in classroom. Also incompetent.

10-008920TTS BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD vs TIMOTHY WARD (2010)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Sep. 08, 2010

Whether Respondent committed the acts alleged in the Administrative Complaint dated May 17, 2010, and, if so, the discipline, if any, that should be imposed against Respondent’s employment.Employment of teacher who falsified time sheets to receive unearned compensation from School Board should be terminated.

10-000628TTS BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD vs PAUL KUSHCH (2010)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Feb. 09, 2010

The issue for determination is whether Respondent should be suspended, with or without pay, and terminated from employment with Petitioner for the offenses set forth in the Administrative Complaint.Petitioner demonstrated that Respondent committed misconduct in office and gross insubordination. Recommend penalty of six-month suspension and enrollment in professional skills enhancement programs.

08-004490TTS BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD vs CLINTON BLACK (2008)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Sep. 15, 2008

Whether Petitioner has just cause to terminate Respondent’s employment based on the determination by a licensed psychologist that Respondent was not fit to perform his duties as a classroom teacher.Respondent`s employment should be terminated because he was unfit for duty.

05-003949 BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD vs NEIL FISCHER (2005)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Oct. 21, 2005

Whether the employment of Respondent, a school teacher, should be terminated based on the allegations of job abandonment and/or insubordination set forth in the More Definite Statement of Charges filed December 15, 2005.Respondent`s employment should be terminated based on his abandonment of his position.

Eugene Keith Pettis