Krider v. Board of Trustees of Coffeyville Community College

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Beier, J.:

Plaintiff John D. Krider appeals the district court’s summary judgment in favor of the defendant Board of Trustees of *245Coffeyville Community College (Board), contending the Board’s violation of the Kansas Open Meetings Act, K.S.A. 75-4317 et seq., voided a notice of nonrenewal of his teaching contract.

The legally relevant facts are undisputed.

Krider was a tenured welding instructor at the Southeast Kansas Area Vocational Technical School when the school merged with Coffeyville Community College in July 2001. After the merger, Krider’s status…