Appellant former school superintendent challenged the judgment of the Superior Court of Imperial County (California), which dismissed the superintendent's breach of contract action after sustaining appellee new unified school district's demurrer to the complaint, without leave to amend.
Pursuant to a resolution of the Department of Education,
approving the formation of a new unified school district composed of the
superintendent's school district and another district, the superintendent's
district ceased to exist. The new district refused the superintendent
employment in any capacity, prompting the action for breach of contract. The
defendant through their business
attorney in San Diego filed a motion to dismiss the action. The
trial court dismissed the action. The court affirmed the judgment and held that
the superintendent's contract did not survive the old school district's
dissolution and was not by its own terms enforceable against the new district.
Indication of the legislature's intent not to impose the obligation of
employment of a superintendent on the new school district after a mandatory
unification was evidenced by the legislature's acquiescence in the attorney
general's opinion that after a mandatory unification a district superintendent
could not enforce his unexpired contract with the old against the new school
district. The court also noted that no provision was found for continuance of
employees with the superintendent's status under mandatory unification,
although such provision was made for voluntary unification. The court affirmed
the trial court's judgment.
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