Petersil

INTRODUCTION

Shanna Petersil appeals from a judgment denying her petition for a writ of mandate directing respondent Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (District) to reinstate her as a permanent certificated employee, effective July 1, 2010, and award her backpay. On appeal, Petersil contends the superior court erred in determining she did not become a permanent employee by operation of law. Specifically, she contends the notices of nonreelection she received after her first and second years were legally insufficient. We conclude that the notice of nonreelection following her first year was legally sufficient to terminate her employment for that year. Thus, she was a temporary employee during her second year, and her notice of nonreelection following that year was effective as well. Accordingly, she did not become a permanent employee. We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Appellant began working as a certificated employee for the District on August 28, 2008. The next day, appellant signed a written offer of employment, agreeing to work as a “[t]emporary certificated employee in Elementary Education” for the 2008-2009 school year, for the time period…