Ames v. Board of Education

Elliott, j.:

Everett E: Ames appeals the affirmance by the trial court of the decision of the Board of Education, Unified School District No. 264, (Board) to nohrenew his teaching contract for the 1990-91 school year. Ames was a tenured teacher.

We reverse.

Ames had been employed by the Board for 12 years. The Board delivered to Ames, in the form required by statute, its notice of nonrenewal of his teaching contract. The stated reason for non-renewal was “inadequate teaching and communication techniques over an extended period of time with basic resistance to change.” Ames requested a due…