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FARRIS v. BURKE COUNTY BD. OF EDUC.

No. 272PA01.

559 S.E.2d 774 (2002)

Linda FARRIS, Petitioner, v. BURKE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, Respondent.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 7, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliot Pishko Gelbin & Morgan, P.A., by J. Griffin Morgan, Winston-Salem, for petitioner-appellant and -appellee.

Starnes, Teele, Aycock & Haire, P.A., by Samuel E. Aycock, Morganton, for respondent-appellant and -appellee.

Ferguson, Stein, Wallas, Adkins, Gresham & Sumter, P.A., by John W. Gresham and S. Luke Largess, Charlotte, on behalf of the North Carolina Association of Educators, amicus curiae.

Tharrington Smith, L.L.P., by Michael Crowell, Raleigh, on behalf of the North Carolina School Boards Association, amicus curiae.

EDMUNDS, Justice.

Petitioner Linda Farris (petitioner) was employed by respondent Burke County Board of Education (respondent), teaching educable mentally handicapped children in the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. Petitioner began her employment with respondent in 1970 and thereafter attained tenured status as a teacher.

The record indicates that petitioner's teaching methods and skills were considered acceptable and unremarkable through most of her career...

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