Imel v. Department of Employment

DONALDSON, Justice.

David Imel has been a public school teacher for the past nineteen years and has been employed in the Boise schools for the past nine years. Imel signed a contract for the 1975 through 1976 year and at the time was also guaranteed a contract for the subsequent school year. The school term enumerated was 194 days, running from August 28, 1975 to June 4, 1976. On May 21, 1976, Imel signed a contract for that second year, his work to commence September 2, 1976 and to end June 8, 1977.

Both contracts provided that Imel was to be paid monthly, for twelve months, even though his…