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King v. Worth Cnty. Bd. of Educ.

The Court of Appeals affirmed a county board of education's decision not to renew a teacher's contract.

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Pursuant to a granted application for discretionary review, Calvin King appeals from the order of the Superior Court of Worth County affirming the Worth County Board of Education’s decision not to renew King’s teaching contract. King contends that the superior court erred, and that the local school board’s decision must be reversed. He contends that the school board’s decision was based upon inadmissible evidence and that he was not given sufficient notice of the grounds for the non-renewal of his teaching contract. Finding no error, we affirm.

“Not unlike the State Board and the superior court, this Court as an appellate body applies the ‘any evidence’ standard of review to the record supporting the initial decision of the Local Board.” Citations omitted. Chattooga County Bd. of Ed. v. Searels, 302 Ga. App. 731, 732 691 SE2d 629 2010; OCGA § 20-2-1160 e; Terry v. Houston County Bd. of Ed., 178 Ga. App. 296, 297 342 SE2d 774 1986 accord.” Courts are reluctant to substitute their judgment for that of a school board where its exercise of judgment does not violate the law. We presume that the actions of the board are not arbitrary and capricious, but are reasonable unless there is clear evidence to the contrary.” Citation omitted. Brawner v. Marietta City Bd. of Ed., 285 Ga. App. 10, 15 646 SE2d 89 2007; see also Moulder v. Bartow County Bd. of Ed., 267 Ga. App. 339, 340 599 SE2d 495 2004 accord. Our review is deferential because

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