Luoto v. Long Creek School District No. 17

Long Creek School District No. 17 (district) petitions for review of ERB’s order that, under district’s collective bargaining agreement with the respondent association, it is required to submit to binding arbitration a grievance filed by the association on behalf of respondent Luoto, a discharged probationary teacher.1 The principal basis for the discharge was that Luoto allegedly failed to complete a program designed by district to improve his ability to maintain classroom discipline.

Article 14 of the agreement provides:

“A. No teacher will be disciplined, reprimanded, reduced in rank or…