Alexander v. Board of Trustees

Opinion

WOOLPERT, J.

This case concerns the decision of the governing board of the respondent high school district to reduce the number of its teachers and, at the same time, to selectively retain teachers having Spanish speaking skills. In doing so, the district discharged appellant teachers whose employment had never before required bilingual ability. These teachers complain their dismissal was improper because they had been employed longer than those who were retained. The issue requires an examination of teacher tenure rights, “competency,” and “skipping.”

On March 3, 1980, the Delano Joint…