Fercho v. Montpelier Public School District No. 14

ERICKSTAD, Chief Justice.

Montpelier Public School District No. 14 appeals from a judgment entered by the District Court of Stutsman County in favor of Lucille Percho. The trial court’s judgment reversed a decision by the Montpelier School Board (board) to nonrenew Fercho’s teaching contract. We reverse the judgment of the trial court and thereby reinstate the decision of the board.

At the time of the trial court’s review in December, 1980, Fercho had been employed approximately nine years as an English teacher with the Montpelier School District.

In the spring of 1980, the Montpelier School…