Appeal of Westmoreland School Board

This appeal presents issues concerning the arbitrability of a school board’s decision not to retain or renominate a probationary teacher for reasons that arguably violate the collective bargaining agreement between the teachers and the school board. The petitioner, the Westmoreland School Board (the board or petitioner), requests this court to overturn a decision of the New Hampshire Public Employee Labor Relations Board (PELRB) ordering the board to process the grievance of Kathleen Hanson, a non-tenured teacher who filed a grievance over the district’s decision not to renew her contract for…