MARVEL v. COAL HILL PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST.

No. 82-6.

635 S.W.2d 245 (1982)

Deborah MARVEL, Appellant, v. COAL HILL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 21, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Josef V. Hobson, Fort Smith, for appellee.


HICKMAN, Justice.

The question in this case is whether a full-time school teacher can be denied the minimum salary due to teachers because of a written contract for a lesser amount. The trial court found such a contract enforceable. We disagree and reverse.

Deborah Marvel had been a part-time librarian and teacher for the Coal Hill Public School District when her contract was negotiated for the 1979-1980 school year. She said that Mr. Nolan Williams, the superintendent...

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