Kent v. Sawyer Public School District No. 16

MESCHKE, Justice.

Avis Kent appeals a judgment dismissing her complaint against Sawyer Public School District No. 16, seeking damages for her wrongful nonrenewal as an elementary teacher and for sex discrimination in not rehiring her for a vacancy. We affirm.

Faced with continuous budget deficits and declining enrollments, the District sought to reduce expenses for its upcoming 1989-1990 school term. When other curtailments of programs and services did not remove the anticipated deficit, the District chose to combine the second and third grades, and to thereby eliminate one elementary teacher.

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