Hortonville Education Ass'n v. Hortonville Joint School District No 1

School boards in this state are directed by statute to contract for the services of qualified teachers in their schools.1 School teachers in this state are employees of such school boards and stand “in a contract relation.” 2 Except as otherwise provided by statute,3 or constitutionally required,4 the *502entire relationship between a school board and a school teacher derives from the contract between them.5

The school board in Hortonville had entered into such contractual relationship with each of its school teacher employees for the school year, 1973-1974. Each such personal service contract…