FERRIS v. AUSTIN

No. 85-816.

487 So.2d 1163 (1986)

Thomas B. FERRIS, Appellant, v. James K. AUSTIN, Superintendent of Schools, and the School Board of Hernando County, Florida, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

April 24, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Perry Gall Gruman of Chamblee & Miles, Tampa, for appellant.

Joseph E. Johnston, Jr., of Johnston & Sasser, P.A., Brooksville, for appellees.


COBB, Chief Judge.

The appellant, Thomas B. Ferris, respondent below, timely appeals an order by the School Board of Hernando County (School Board), petitioner below, discharging him from his position as a teacher based on charges that he sexually abused a male student.

This case was commenced in 1984 when the Hernando County School Board filed a Notice and Charges Statement informing Ferris that he was suspended without pay and would be dismissed as a teacher...

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