Atlantic Education Ass'n v. Atlantic Community School District

Joan Breining, an elementary school teacher, appeals from a district court order refusing to stay termination prbceedings under Iowa Code chapter 279 (1989). Breining claims that she is entitled to arbitrate her grievances under the applicable collective bargaining agreement prior to any action under chapter 279.

Breining was employed by the Atlantic Community School District for twenty-two years. She was evaluated twice by her supervisor in January and February 1990, both times receiving poor evaluations. On February 28, Breining filed a grievance challenging the summation evaluation as “not…