Legal Opinion
Unified School District No. 480 v. Lila Epperson and Oleta A. Peters, Lila Epperson and Oleta A. Peters v. J. L. Smalling
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 31, 1978No. 75-1948PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
This is a dispute between Unified School District No. 480, in Seward County, Kansas, and two of its former teachers, Oleta Peters and Lila Epperson. Peters and Epperson had been teaching 11 and 17 years respectively in District No. 480 when they, along with others, were notified by the District on February 9, 1972, that their teaching contracts would not be renewed for the ensuing school year of 1972-73. Peters and Epperson were each under one-year teaching contracts, which, under Kansas law, would automatically continue to the following school year unless written…
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