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Monday, November 30, 2009
Union seeks reinstatement for coaches
Greenon teachers have filed request for a writ of mandamus seeking reinstatement for two football coaches who were fired over allegations of harassing players, according to records filed with the Clark County Clerk of Courts.
The Greenon Local Schools Board of Education voted unanimously at a special meeting in June to begin termination proceedings of supplemental contracts for Head Coach Tim Hale and Assistant Coach Tad Steinbrink, according to meeting minutes. Hale and Steinbrink were accused of “engaging in a pattern of behavior designed to intimidate and humiliate certain students,” according to the resolution.
The Greenon Federation of Teachers filed an appeal Nov. 18 seeking reinstatement for both men, claiming that the termination is invalid because the board of education never finalized the proceedings in public session as stipulated in the June resolution, according to the complaint.
Greenon Local Schools argues that the terminations were finalized in an agreement signed by Superintendent Lori Lytle and federation President Barb Jenkins. The July 14 Memorandum of Understanding stipulates that the June 6 board vote would “be construed as terminating all of their supplemental contracts.”
UPDATE: The union withdrew the memorandum because it violated Ohio law regarding the employment of public school teachers, said Jenkins.
“It violates the… law and we cannot abide by that understanding,” she said, citing a teacher’s right for employment to be voted on in public session at a scheduled board meeting.
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