COLUMBUS–The Ohio Supreme Court this morning released its decision regarding the wrongful termination case filed by former Mount Vernon middle school science teacher John Freshwater. He was fired several years ago by the Mount Vernon Board of Education for insubordination after he refused to remove religious materials from his classroom.
Here is an excerpt from the Ohio Supreme Court’s ruling issued this morning.
“After detailed review of the voluminous record in this case, we hold
that the court of appeals did not err in affirming the termination. The trial court
properly found that the record supports, by clear and convincing evidence,
Freshwater’s termination for insubordination in failing to comply with orders to
remove religious materials from his classroom. Accordingly, based on our
resolution of this threshold issue, we need not reach the constitutional issue of
whether Freshwater impermissibly imposed his religious beliefs in his classroom.
We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals because there was ample evidence
of insubordination to justify the termination decision.”
To read the complete decision click this link:
http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/ROD/docs/pdf/0/2013/2013-Ohio-5000.pdf
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