Mcintyre v. Sonoma Valley Unified School District

Opinion

RUVOLO, P. J.

I

INTRODUCTION

Dawn McIntyre (McIntyre), a former employee of the Sonoma Valley Unified School District (the District), filed a petition for writ of mandate (Code Civ. Proc., § 1085) to compel the District to reinstate her as a permanent tenured teacher. The primary issue in this case is whether the District had a mandatory duty under the Education Code to classify McIntyre as a “probationary” employee rather than as a “temporary” employee. Whether McIntyre was properly classified as “temporary” instead of “probationary” is a matter of some consequence because a teacher’s…