Hall v. Lakeview Local School District Board of Education

The question presented for our consideration is whether the trial court and court of appeals erred in concluding that appellant was not entitled to the protections provided for in R.C. 3319.081 when the board decided to nonrenew appellant’s contract as “Head Custodian.” For the reasons that follow, we answer this question in the affirmative and, accordingly, reverse the judgment of the court of appeals.

Pursuant to R.C. 3319.081(A), a “[njewly hired regular nonteaching school employe[e] * * * ” of a school district first receives a written contract of employment for a period not to exceed one…