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Volusia board accepts ALJ recommendation and reinstates teacher after contested termination hearing
Summary
After a public hearing, the Volusia County School Board voted to accept an administrative law judge's recommended order and reinstate teacher Jerry Simon. The case followed Department of Children and Families verified findings and a separate DOAH hearing that recommended reinstatement.
The Volusia County School Board voted Nov. 18 to accept an administrative law judge's recommendation to reinstate teacher Jerry Simon, concluding a full public hearing on a district recommendation to terminate his employment.
The decision came after lawyers for both sides presented competing accounts about an incident investigators described as a physical interaction with an 8-year-old student at George Marks Elementary. District counsel Sasha Dyson summarized the Department of Children and Families (DCF) investigation, saying DCF produced "verified findings" that the teacher grabbed and threw the child to the floor and that the child's interviews and a parent witness, Katie Nunez, gave consistent accounts supporting those findings. Dyson told the board the…
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