Dale v. BOARD OF ED., ETC.

FOSHEIM, Justice.

Mr. Lloyd Dale appeals from a circuit court judgment affirming the Lemmon School Board’s (Board) decision not to renew his teaching contract. We affirm.

Appellant taught biology and other science subjects for the Lemmon School system for seventeen years prior to the refusal to renew. From 1974 through the Spring of 1980, the Board received written and verbal complaints from parents and students about appellant’s teaching, i.e., objections to his introduction of creationism or religion into his biology class and failure to cover basic biology principles. The year the complaints…