‘Didn’t want to waste $600’: Teacher accused of using sick leave to take son to concert sues school board after firing

Inset: Ohio teacher Eileen Washburn (Loveland City School District). Background: The Lakota Board of Education that Eileen Washburn is suing (WXIX/YouTube).

Inset: Ohio teacher Eileen Washburn (Loveland City School District). Background: The Lakota Board of Education that Eileen Washburn is suing (WXIX/YouTube).

A teacher in Ohio who was fired for calling out of work sick for two days to allegedly attend a concert in Nashville — with her former school district accusing her of taking “falsified sick leave” — has decided to sue, claiming her termination was a violation of her “constitutional rights.”

Eileen Washburn, an English teacher at Lakota West High School in the Lakota Local School District, filed a wrongful termination lawsuit in Butler County late last month against the district’s board of education. The board responded to the suit in a Dec. 24 filing, saying it denies any and all allegations of wrongdoing.

“The record speaks for itself,” says attorney Erin Wessendorf-Wortman, of Ennis Britton Co. LPA — the firm representing the school board — in its response, which was viewed by Law&Crime. “Plaintiff’s claim fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.”

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