Van Gorder v. Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District

OPINION

Before RABINOWITZ, C. J., and CONNOR, ERWIN and BOOCHEVER, JJ- CONNOR, Justice.

Appellants were non-tenured teachers who were given notice on April 14, 1971, that they would not be retained for the following school year. Shortly thereafter they initiated certain grievance procedures under an agreement by which appellee, Matanuska-Susitna School Board, had consented to be bound concerning teacher grievances. The grievances progressed to the second level, at which point appellants’ claims were rejected on the basis that the claims were not “grievances”.

Appellants then commenced an…