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SMITH v. BOARD OF EDUC. OF MEDIAPOLIS SCH. DIST.

No. 68771.

334 N.W.2d 150 (1983)

Joan SMITH, Appellee, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the MEDIAPOLIS SCHOOL DISTRICT and the Mediapolis Community School District, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied June 9, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Engberg, of Pryor, Riley, Jones & Aspelmeier, Burlington, for appellants.

James L. Sayre and Gerald L. Hammond, of Dreher, Wilson, Adams, Jensen, Sayre & Gribble, Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C.J., and UHLENHOPP, McGIVERIN, LARSON and SCHULTZ, JJ.

LARSON, Justice.

The superintendent of the Mediapolis Community School District, which was faced with declining enrollment and shrinking state aid, sought to terminate the teaching contract of the plaintiff as a part of the district's staff-reduction program. Following Smith's request, a "private hearing" under section 279.16 was held by the school board, which accepted the superintendent's recommendation and terminated...

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