Cooke v. Board of Education of Lawrence School District

Pursuant to a notice issued by the respondent school district offering eligible teachers in the district a sum of money as a retirement incentive, the petitioners submitted their resignations. The incentive offered the sum of $18,000 on the condition that 24 teachers retire by the deadline and a sum of $20,000 if 29 or more teachers retired.

The petitioners were thereafter notified that an insufficient number of teachers had submitted their resignations and that the incentive offer was therefore being withdrawn. The respondent subsequently entered into an agreement with one teacher, who was…