Lucas v. Board of Education

Opinion

MOSK, J.

Plaintiff Roy Allen Lucas, a probationary public high school teacher, appeals from a judgment which denied his application for a writ of mandate to compel defendant school board to set aside his dismissal and order his reinstatement.

The question presented is whether a school board is required to either make or adopt findings of fact and determination of issues at the time of its decision not to reemploy a probationary teacher. We conclude that it must do so.

Lucas was employed by the district as a machine shop instructor for three successive school years, beginning in the…