Stowe v. School District No. 8-C

By this mandamus proceeding plaintiff seeks to compel defendant school district to offer him a contract as a teacher for the school year beginning in September, 1964. Plaintiff had been employed as a teacher by the district for several years. Prior to March 15, 1964, the district gave notice to plaintiff that he would not be offered a contract for the ensuing school year. Plaintiff, in writing, asked the district school board to put in its records the reason for not renewing his contract. A statute, later quoted, required the board to record its reasons. The board, for some unexplained…