Akins v. Randolph County Bd. of Educ.

The appellants are six bus drivers employed by the Randolph County Board of Education. The Board and the appellants entered into contracts of employment in the summer of 1990 for the 1990-91 school year. All contracts were similar and provided, in part, the following:

"1. That the party of the first part hereby appoints the party of the second part transportation agent on __________ Route at a salary of __________ Dollars ($ __________) per twenty scholastic days, payable monthly, for such time as the party of the first part shall need such service, beginning __________, 19__.

"2. That the…