Chapman v. Hamburg Public Schools

625 S.W.2d 477 (1981)

Thomas CHAPMAN, Appellant,

v.

HAMBURG PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Appellee.

No. 81-130.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

December 14, 1981.

Cearley, Gitchel, Mitchell & Bryant, by Richard W. Roachell, Little Rock, for appellant.

Arnold, Hamilton & Streetman by Herman L. Hamilton, Jr., Hamburg, for appellee.

PURTLE, Justice.

The appellant was a nonprobationary teacher who was placed on probation pursuant to his contract for the 1979-80 school year. The appellee, Board of Education of the Hamburg Public School District, refused to renew appellant's contract for the 1980-81 school year. The Ashley…