Maxwell v. Southside School District

George Rose Smith, Justice.

The question here is whether the appellee school district substantially complied with state law in refusing to renew the contract of the appellant, Lauren Maxwell, as a music teacher for the school year 1980-81. We are unable to agree with the circuit court’s conclusion that the district’s termination of Mrs. Maxwell’s contract was in substantial compliance with the law.

During the 1979-80 school year Mrs. Maxwell was still a probationary teacher, in her second year with the district. On March 19, 1980, the day before a scheduled meeting of the school board, the…