DeSOTO COUNTY TEACHERS ASS'N v. DISTRICT SCHOOL BD.

No. 86-292.

502 So.2d 928 (1987)

DeSOTO COUNTY TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, Florida Education Association/United-Aft, Helen Sue Tucker, and Florida Teaching Profession-National Education Association, Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD OF DeSOTO COUNTY, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied February 23, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lorene C. Powell, Assistant General Counsel, FEA/United, Tallahassee, for appellants/cross-appellees DeSoto County Teachers Ass'n., FEA/United-AFT, and Tucker.

Thomas W. Brooks of Meyer, Brooks and Cooper, P.A., Tallahassee for appellant/cross-appellee Florida Teaching Profession-National Educ. Assn.

Brian T. Hayes of Brian T. Hayes, P.A., Monticello, for appellee/cross-appellant.

John D. Carlson of Gatlin, Woods and Carlson, Tallahassee, amicus curiae by The Florida Association of School Administrators, Inc., The Florida School Boards Ass'n, Inc., for appellee/cross-appellant.


LEHAN, Judge.

A tenured school teacher and several teachers' unions appeal a circuit court order sending to arbitration a dispute over the teacher's dismissal by the District School Board of DeSoto County. They contend that the order erroneously limited arbitration to a procedural review of the record rather than allowing a de novo proceeding. On cross-appeal, the school board contends that the court erred in sending the matter to arbitration at all. We affirm...

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