Martinek v. Belmond-Klemme Community School District

WIGGINS, Justice.

A school district seeks further review of a court of appeals decision affirming the judgment of the district court reversing the school district’s decision to terminate an administrator’s contract. We affirm the judgment of the district court because neither Iowa Code section 279.24 (2005) nor the contract between the district and the administrator authorize termination in the middle of the contract term. Although the court of appeals also affirmed the district court, we vacate the court of appeals’ decision because it affirmed the district court on the basis of a statute not…