Meadors v. Arkadelphia Public Schools

Olly NEAL, Judge.

Appellant, James Meadors, appeals from an order of the Clark County Chancery Court granting a motion to dismiss to appellee, Arkadelphia Public School District, under Ark. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6), and finding that Meadors’s complaint did not activate the provisions of the Teacher Fair Dismissal Act of 1983, Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-1501 et seq. On appeal, Meadors argues that the removal of his position as head football coach constituted a nonrenewal of his 1998-1999 teacher’s contract and that the trial court erred in granting appellee’s motion to dismiss. We affirm.

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