BD. OF TRUSTEES OF NOGALES, ETC. v. Cartier

OPINION

HOWARD, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the superior court reversing the school board’s dismissal of appellee. The appellee has also cross-appealed from that part of the judgment which denies him attorney’s fees in the superior court.

The determinative issue in this case is whether appellee’s teaching contract for the school year 1975-1976 was automatically renewed.

The record shows that on January 9, 1975, the appellee, a tenured teacher, was served with a notice of incompetency which set forth with particularity specific instances of behavior as required by A.R.S. §…