FAUST v. LADYSMITH-HAWKINS SCHOOL SYSTEMS

No. 76-241.

88 Wis.2d 525 (1979)

277 N.W.2d 303

FAUST, Appellant, v. LADYSMITH-HAWKINS SCHOOL SYSTEMS, JOINT DISTRICT NO. 1, and others, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided April 10, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Priscilla Ruth Mac Dougall and Bruce Meredith, staff counsel, Wisconsin Education Association Council, of Madison; and Gregory A. Wilson and Wilson & Schwartzman, of counsel, of Chicago, Illinois, and oral argument by Mr. Meredith.

For the respondents there was a brief by Daniel B. Merriam and Merriam & Weiler of Ladysmith, and oral argument by Daniel B. Merriam.


HEFFERNAN, J.

The appeal is from an order which denied Kristina L. Faust's petition for a writ of mandamus to direct the school district to give effect to an alleged teaching contract between Faust and the district for the 1976-77 school year. The petition for the writ was dismissed by the court on July 22, 1976.

Two questions are presented on this appeal. First, in circumstances where a teacher enters into a one...

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