Legal Opinion
Sharita Giles v. Shaw School District
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided November 15, 2016No. 2015-CC-00831-COAPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEE, G.J.,
FOR THE COURT:
¶ 1. In this appeal, we must determine whether the chancellor erred in affirming the Shaw School District’s (SSD) decision not to renew Sharita Giles’s employment contract.
PROCEDURAL HISTORY
112. Giles was hired in 2008 by the SSD to serve as principal of McEvans Elementary School located in Bolivar County, Mississippi, Her contract was renewed on a yearly basis until February 14, 2013, when the SSD Board of Trustees (the Board) voted not to renew Giles’s contract for the 2013-14 school year. Dr. Cederick Ellis, the superintendent of SSD, - notified Giles by letter…
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