Stone v. Bedford County School Board

By JUDGE WILLIAM W. SWEENEY

The sole issue in this case is whether the Bedford County School Board breached its contract with the plaintiff, a teacher, by its failure to give him notice of a contract change for the 1980-81 school year by April 15, 1980. The case was heard on stipulations and two days of testimony.

I find that the plaintiff is a continuing contract teacher employed by the Bedford County School Board. The contract provides that his services were to begin on July 1, 1976, "and thereafter as prescribed by the School Board." (Exhibit A-l). It further provides that the Board is not…