Butler v. Joint School District No. 4
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit' court for Dane county: E. Rat Stevens, Circuit Judge. Action to recover damages for breach of contract.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit' court for Dane county: E. Rat Stevens, Circuit Judge. Action to recover damages for breach of contract. Tbe evidence of plaintiff showed that she was a duly qualified school teacher and entered into a written contract with tbe defendant school board in July, 1912, to teach “tbe primary department of tbe state graded school of, said district” for the school year commencing September 9, 1912, for tbe sum of $55 per month; that she taught one day and was required by tbe principal, in addition to her primary work, to instruct classes from tbe sixth, seventh,…
1Opinion of the CourtWiNSLOW, C. J.
The legal propositions decided in this case are:
1. The primary department of a public school does not include the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades, and one who contracts to teach the primary department' cannot be required to teach said grades in their grade work, even though the clasáes be sent to the primary room. If there was any doubt as to *628what gi’ades in our school system are primary grades that doubt is removed by sec. 452c, Stats. 1913, wbicb names the first four grades as such grades.
2. The evidence was sufficient to take to the jury the question whether the board prevented the…
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