Sonstelie v. Board of Trustees for School District No. 10

Doris Sonstelie petitioned the Flathead County District Court to invalidate a decision to terminate her employment. A nonjury trial was held on March 25, 1982. On May 13, 1982, the District Court entered judgment in favor of the Board of Trustees. Sonstelie now appeals.

Appellant was a nontenured teacher who had taught at the Cayuse Prairie School for the three school years, 1978-1981. Cayuse Prairie, School District No. 10, Flathead County, is a third class district with fewer than a thousand people liv ing in the district. There are three members on the Board of Trustees. The board meetings…