Splaine v. School District No. 122

Citations

• 20 Wash. 74
• 54 P. 766
• 1898 Wash. LEXIS 467

Syllabus

<p>SCHOOL DIRECTORS—CONTRACT EMPLOYING TEACHER — ANNULMENT — MEETINGS—PRESUMPTIONS AS TO REGULARITY,</p> <p>The board of directors of a school district have power to-engage a teacher for the ensuing year, notwithstanding the-fact that there would be a change in the membership of the-board before the time for the commencement of the term should arrive.</p> <p>School directors are not authorized to annul the contract, made by their predecessors employing a teacher, although there-was objection on the part of citizens that she was incompetent,, if she was legally qualified to teach, and nothing has since-occurred to warrant the annulment of the contract.</p> <p>The fact that a teacher was hired at other than the stated- and regular meeting of the board of directors would raise the-presumption, in the absence of proof to the contrary, that the meeting was held in pursuance of an adjournment of a regular meeting.</p>