Ruth Shirck v. Robert S. Thomas

*1026FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a summary-judgment in favor of defendants in an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, concerning the nonrenewal by defendant school officials of a public high school teacher’s contract at the end of her probationary period. The district court’s decision is reported at 315 F.Supp. 1124 (S.D.Ill., 1970).

Plaintiff Ruth Shirek taught German at an Illinois public high school for two years, ending in the spring of 1969. A teacher’s probationary period in Illinois is two consecutive school years of full time instruction. Ill.Rev.Stat. ch. 122, § 24-11 (1969).…