Rouse v. Durant Cmty. Sch. Dist.

Full title: MONICA ROUSE, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. DURANT COMMUNITY…

Court: COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA

Date published: Jan 19, 2012

No. 1-934 / 11-0385 (Iowa Ct. App. Jan. 19, 2012)

Opinion

No. 1-934 / 11-0385

01-19-2012

MONICA ROUSE, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. DURANT COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT and/or BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE DURANT COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Cameron A. Davidson and Wendy S. Meyer of Lane & Waterman, L.L.P., Davenport, for appellants. Catherine Zamora Cartee and Jennifer Hall De Kock of Cartee Law Firm, P.C., and Mark R. Fowler of Gomez, May, Schutte, Yeggy, Bieber & Wells, Davenport, for appellee.

DOYLE

Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Cedar County, Nancy S. Tabor, Judge.

A school district appeals and a principal whose contract was terminated cross-appeals the ruling of the district court reversing the school board's decision that just cause existed to terminate the principal's contract. AFFIRMED.

Cameron A. Davidson and Wendy S. Meyer of Lane & Waterman, L.L.P., Davenport, for appellants.

Catherine Zamora Cartee and Jennifer Hall De Kock of Cartee Law Firm, P.C., and Mark R. Fowler of Gomez, May, Schutte, Yeggy, Bieber & Wells, Davenport, for appellee.

Considered by Vogel, P.J., and Potterfield and Doyle, JJ. Tabor, J., takes no part. DOYLE , J.

The defendants, Durant Community School District and/or Board of Directors for the Durant Community School District (District), appeal from the district court's ruling reversing its termination of plaintiff Monica Rouse's employment as a principal under Iowa Code section 279.25 (2009). The District asserts it established just cause for her termination as required. Rouse cross-appeals, contending the district court erred in finding her due process rights were not violated by the District's Notice of Termination and production of documents; in finding the District's decision terminating her employment was not unreasonable, arbitrary, or capricious; and in not awarding certain damages.

After a thorough review and consideration of the voluminous record, we conclude the district court's ruling is affirmed without opinion in all respects pursuant to Iowa Rule of Appellate Procedure 6.1203(a) and (d).

AFFIRMED.