Paul G. Simard v. Board of Education of the Town of Groton

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• concluding that “no evidence on the record is needed to prove th[e] truism” that insubordination can affect working relationships (internal quotation marks omitted)
• noting that a “unilateral expectation” of continued employment is insufficient to create a protected property interest
• no due process violation where local board of education denied the plaintiff tenure, after the board had engaged in “heated negotiations” with the plaintiff, because the relationship established only potential, rather than actual, bias
• “doubt” expressed that numerous charges of insubordination would be sufficiently damaging
• school can justifiably demand more than competent classroom instruction
• no due process violation unless showing of actual bias

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