Carlyle v. Independent School District No. I-71 of McCurtain County

MEMORANDUM OPINION

HANSEN, Judge:

Rosalie Carlyle (Carlyle) was a public school teacher, with tenure, employed by Independent School District No. 1-71 of McCurtain County, Oklahoma (School Board). The Oklahoma State Board of Education was dismissed as an unnecessary party to this action.

The following were among an extensive number of facts stipulated to by the parties. Carlyle, who at the time was 65 years old, was initially employed by School Board for the 1981-82 school year. Although School Board then had a policy of mandatory retirement at age 65, they chose not to enforce the policy in the…