State ex rel. Rodgers v. Hubbard Local School District Board of Education

R.C. 3319.11 prescribes the requirements for obtaining a continuing service contract. That section provides, in pertinent part:

“Teachers eligible for continuing service status in any school district shall be those teachers qualified as to certification, who within the last five years have taught for at least three years in the district * *

R.C. 3319.09(B) defines the term “year” as follows:

“ ‘Year’ as applied to term of service means actual service of not less than one hundred twenty days within a school year * *

Appellee understands R.C. 3319.11 to state: “Teachers eligible for continuing…