BOARD OF EDUC. OF HOPKINS COUNTY v. WOOD


717 S.W.2d 837 (1986)

BOARD OF EDUCATION OF HOPKINS COUNTY, Kentucky, and David Gover, in His Official Capacity as Superintendent of the Hopkins County Schools, and Robert Eminston, Shirley Thomas, Hellon Fruit, Tim Cantrell and Walter Prowse, in their Individual and Official Capacities as Members of the Hopkins County Board of Education, Appellants, v. Greg WOOD & Donnie Wood, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

October 16, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.R. Thomas, John Scott McGaw, McGaw, Thomas and Whitledge, Madisonville, for appellants.

Ronald E. Butler, Convery and Butler, Madisonville, for appellees.


WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

This appeal is from a decision of the Court of Appeals which reversed a judgment of the circuit court upholding the termination of two tenured teachers for conduct unbecoming a teacher pursuant to KRS 161.790.

The issue is whether the contracts of tenured teachers may be terminated for immoral conduct or conduct unbecoming a teacher for off-campus activities involving students when no written records of such conduct are in the personnel...

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