Spainhour v. Dover Public School District

Tom Glaze, Justice.

Teresa Spainhour petitions for the review of the court of appeals’ three-three decision, affirming the trial court’s ruling that the Dover School District’s action complied with the Arkansas Teacher Fair Dismissal Act when the District voted not to renew Spainhour’s teaching contract. See Spainhour v. Dover School Dist., 57 Ark. App. 195, 943 S.W.2d 610 (1997). We reverse the trial court’s and court of appeals’ decisions.

The facts are essentially undisputed, and are correctly set forth in the court of appeals’ prevailing opinion. Our difference with the court of appeals’…