Law v. Richland County School District No. 1

Rhodes, Justice:

This is an appeal from an order of the lower court reversing the decision of the Board of School Commissioners for Richland County School District No. 1 to nonrenew the respondent’s teaching contract. The lower court found that the grounds upon which the Board’s decision was predicated were not supported by substantial evidence. We disagree and reverse.

The respondent in this action was employed as a music teacher at Hand Middle School for the 1974-75 school year. On April 2, 1975, he was advised by letter from the Director of Personnel for the school district that he was not…