Toney v. Coeur D'Alene School District No. 271

Appellant Warren Toney has appealed from an amended order denying the issuance of an alternative writ of mandate issued by the district court on January 9, 1990.

Appellant Toney, on July 29, 1988, entered into a one-year contract with the Coeur d’Alene School District to become principal of Coeur d’Alene High School. Toney had not been previously employed in the Idaho public school system; nevertheless, the contract between Toney and the school district indicates that it was a “renewable” contract, as the term “non-renewable” had been crossed out.

Near the end of the first school year Toney was…