Governing Board of Oakdale Union School District v. Seaman

Opinion

GARGANO, J.

Appellant, a permanent school teacher for the respondent school district, appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court of Stanislaus County, decreeing that the governing board of the district may dismiss her. Permanent certified employees of a school district may not be dismissed except for one or more of the causes enumerated in Education Code section 13403, and, under the law in effect at the time of appellant’s dismissal, it was the function of the superior court to determine whether such cause existed. 1

The basic facts are undisputed. On April 14, 1969, the governing…