School Administrative District No. 58 v. Mount Abram Teachers Ass'n

LIPEZ, Justice.

[¶ 1] School Administrative District No. 58 (“SAD #58”) appeals from the judgment entered in the Superior Court (Franklin County, Perkins, A.R.J.) denying its application to vacate an arbitration award. SAD #58 argues on appeal that its educational plan for the teaching of the book Bastard Out of Carolina was not subject to arbitration. We agree and vacate the judgment.

I

[¶2] During the 1995-96 academic year, the superintendent of SAD # 58 received a parental complaint concerning the sexually explicit content of Bastard Out of Carolina, a work of fiction used in the 10th grade…