Simonel v. North Carolina School of the Arts

MARTIN, MARK D., Judge.

Respondents appeal from judgment concluding the North Carolina School of Arts failed to follow its own regulations governing the review of petitioner’s non-reappointment. We affirm.

On 30 August 1988 petitioner Dolores Simonel entered into a five-year, fixed-term contract as a faculty member of respondent North Carolina School of the Arts (NCSA). Petitioner’s contract was expressly made subject to the NCSA Regulations on Academic Freedom and Faculty Appointments, Promotions, and Discharge (NCSA Regulations).

On 5 June 1992, following the required institutional review of…