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Overton County Board hears appeal from teacher Julie Miller over four-day suspension; board renders decision, appeal rights noted
Summary
At its May 13, 2025 meeting, the Overton County Board of Education heard an appeal from tenured teacher Julie Miller challenging a four-day suspension sustained by hearing officer Dale Condor; Miller's attorney argued the district failed to prove unprofessional conduct or inefficiency, and the board rendered a decision that Miller may appeal to Chancery Court within 20 days.
At its May 13, 2025 meeting, the Overton County Board of Education heard an appeal from tenured teacher Julie Miller challenging a four-day suspension that had been sustained by hearing officer Dale Condor. The board's agenda papers and board counsel cited Tennessee Code Annotated 49-5-512 and the teacher code of ethics, Tenn. Code Ann. 49-5-1003(b)(15), as the governing legal standards for the board's review.
Virginia McCoy, identified in the record as Miller's attorney, told the board the district had not met its burden to prove either unprofessional conduct or inefficiency. McCoy said Miller had used the final five minutes of a lesson on propaganda to respond to students' questions about a widely reported scandal; McCoy called the exchange a "teachable moment" and said the conduct…
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