RETTIE v. UNIFIED SCHOOL DIST. 475

No. 96,628.

167 P.3d 810 (2007)

Helen RETTIE, Appellant, v. UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 475, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

September 28, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen W. Cavanaugh, of Cavanaugh, Smith & Lemon, P.A., of Topeka, for appellant.

Mark Edwards and Peter Charles Rombold, of Hoover, Schermerhorn, Edwards, Pinaire & Rombold, of Junction City, for appellee.

David C. Cunningham, of Kansas Association of School Boards, Inc., of Topeka, amicus curiae.

Before CAPLINGER, P.J., ELLIOTT, J., and BUKATY, S.J.


ELLIOTT, J.

Helen Rettie appeals the trial court's ruling that her employment contract with Unified School District 475 (U.S.D.475) is void because she allowed her teacher's certificate to lapse and, therefore, she was not entitled to a due process termination hearing. We reverse and remand.

The facts are essentially undisputed, as the case proceeded to bench trial on stipulated facts.

Rettie was a tenured teacher qualified to teach early childhood...

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