National Education Ass'n-Goodland v. Board of Education

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Miller, J.:

The plaintiff, NEA-Goodland, is the exclusive bargaining agent for the teachers employed by the defendant, the Board of Education of Unified District No. 352, Sherman County, Kansas. This appeal involves a dispute between plaintiff and the board as to the terms and conditions of teachers’ contracts for the 1977-1978 school year.

A negotiated agreement between the parties expired on June 30, at the close of the 1977 school year. The parties were unable to reach a new negotiated agreement for the ensuing year. Most of the teachers refused to…