Pierce v. Douglas School District No. 4

Petitioner was a permanent teacher formerly employed by respondent Douglas School District No. 4 (District). She seeks judicial review of a decision by the Fair Dismissal Appeals Board (FDAB) dismissing her appeal from the District’s termination of her employment. FDAB had determined that it lacked jurisdiction because, it held, petitioner had not been dismissed from but had resigned her employment. We disagree with FDAB and reverse.

Petitioner, an elementary school teacher, was selected by the District’s school board in early September, 1980, to be transferred from her then teaching…