07-4826 JACKIE FOWLER v. ESCAMBIA COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD

State: Florida

Court: Florida First District Court

Docket No: 07-4826

Case Date: 09/22/2008

Preview:IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

JACKIE FOWLER, Appellant, v. ESCAMBIA COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, Appellee. _____________________________/

CASE NO. 1D07-4826

Opinion filed September 22, 2008. An appeal from an order of the Escambia County School Board. H.B. Stivers of Levine, Stivers & Myers, Tallahassee, for Appellant. Joseph L. Hammons of Hammons, Hammons & Whittaker, Pensacola, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM. Jackie Fowler appeals from an order of the Escambia County School Board, upholding Fowler's termination from employment. In so doing, the School Board rejected the recommendation of the administrative law judge who conducted a formal hearing of Fowler's challenge to her termination and ultimately recommended that

Fowler be reinstated. The School Board improperly rejected a number of the ALJ's findings of fact. The material factual findings in the judge's recommended order were supported by competent substantial evidence, so the School Board was not at liberty to reject or modify them. See

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