Schlosser v. Bethel School District

¶37 (dissenting) — I respectfully dissent. RCW 28A.405.310(8) gives Lynda Schlosser a property interest in her contract’s renewal. Because she had such an interest, procedural due process entitled Schlosser to an informal predeprivation hearing. See Cleveland Bd. of Educ. v. Loudermill, 470 U.S. 532, 545-46, 105 S. Ct. 1487, 84 L. Ed. 2d 494 (1985). Bethel School District did not provide Schlosser a hearing prior to its decision to nonrenew her contract, thus violating her procedural due process rights.

I. Schlosser Had a Property Interest in Contract Renewal

¶38 The majority correctly holds…