GATTIS v. SCOTLAND COUNTY BD. OF EDUC.

No. COA05-54.

622 S.E.2d 630 (2005)

Amy GATTIS, Plaintiff, v. SCOTLAND COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION and James M. Tapp, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 4, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anderson, Johnson, Lawrence, Butler & Bock, L.L.P., by Steven C. Lawrence, Fayetteville, for plaintiff-appellant.

Hogue, Hill, Jones, Nash & Lynch, by Wayne A. Bullard, Wilmington, for defendant-appellees.

Tharrington Smith L.L.P., by Ann L. Majestic & Lisa Lukasik, and North Carolina School Boards Association, by Allison B. Schafer, for North Carolina School Boards Association, amicus curiae.


WYNN, Judge.

Section 115C-325(n) of the North Carolina General Statutes mandates that a probationary teacher must appeal a school board's decision to not renew her contract within thirty days of notification. In this case, because Plaintiff did not appeal from the school board's nonrenewal decision until some six months after she received the notification, we must uphold the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendants.

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