PETITION OF GORHAM SCHOOL BOARD

No. 80-413

121 N.H. 878 (1981)

PETITION OF GORHAM SCHOOL BOARD (New Hampshire Board of Education)

Supreme Court of New Hampshire

October 7, 1981


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton, of Manchester, and Anne S. Richmond, of Concord (Jack B. Middleton and Ms. Richmond on the brief, and Mr. Middleton orally), for Conrad Graham.

Nighswander, Lord, Martin & KillKelley, of Laconia (Bradley F. Kidder and James L. Burke on the brief, and Mr. Kidder orally), for the Gorham School Board.


DOUGLAS, J.

In this case, we must decide what rights a tenured public school teacher has when terminated because of a reduction in work force.

In the past six years, the school population in the town of Gorham has declined by over sixteen per cent. In 1980, the voters at the annual school district meeting reduced the school budget by almost $28,000, thereby triggering a review of staffing patterns in the schools. While one outside consultant recommended that...

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