Singleton v. Board of Education

GANT, Judge.

These are companion cases, concerning identical questions of law and questions of fact which vary so slightly that they constitute a difference without a distinction. Both cases were decided by the court of the same judicial circuit and in the same manner.

Each of the appellants had been employed by his or her respective Board of Education for four consecutive years on a limited service contract, the fourth year expiring at the end of the 1975-1976 school year. Each appellant was notified prior to May 15, 1976, that he or she would not be re-employed for the ensuing year; each…