Teachers termination on hold after she allegedly called in sick to attend a concert in Nashville [Video]

LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WXIX/Gray News) – The termination of an Ohio high school teacher who allegedly called out of work sick for two days to attend a concert in Nashville, Tennessee, is on hold – at least for now.

Eileen Washburn is an English teacher at Lakota West High School in the Lakota Local School District.

Documents from an April 2 district board meeting say that Washburn “falsified sick leave” on Feb. 8 and 9, and that Washburn told several colleagues that she was attending a concert in Nashville.

The school board said Washburn refused to answer questions regarding her whereabouts during that time and refused to discuss specifics on her alleged need for sick leave.

Washburn was placed on unpaid leave as the district investigated.

Earlier this month, Interim Superintendent Elizabeth Lolli recommended that the board vote to terminate her at their April 22 meeting, unless “Washburn files a written demand for a hearing …