If your children are enrolled in the charter school system in Utah, your child’s teacher’s employment can be terminated for any reason, without having to establish “just cause” and without warning. This is called “at will” employment, a term for contractual relationships which has been adopted by charter schools in Utah. A new employee signing a teaching contract has to agree to this policy.
A “firing” recently occurred at a Utah charter school for special-needs children. The 52-year-old teacher with 25 years of teaching experience was abruptly told she was fired; she was escorted to her car, and was told to come to school the following Saturday at 3:30 p.