Mt. San Antonio College Faculty Ass'n v. Board of Trustees

Appellants Mt. San Antonio College Faculty Association, Inc., CTA/NEA (Association), and Robert A. Goodell (Goodell) ap peal from a judgment denying their petition for writ of mandate pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 1094.5 against Board of Trustees of the Mt. San Antonio Community College District (District) and John D. Randall, superintendent and president of the District, seeking to have set aside the decision of the District not to reemploy Goodell for the 1979-1980 academic year.

Facts

The Association and the District entered into a collective bargaining agreement (Agreement) on March 15, 1978. This Agreement covered all full and part-time contract and regular faculty. Goodell was employed by the District as a contract employee in September 1977 and was a certificated employee in his second full year of employment during the 1978-1979 academic year. As a contract employee, Goodell was a probationary employee as set forth in Education Code section 87602.

On February 21, 1979, the superintendent of the District notified the District’s board of trustees of his recommendation that Goodell’s services were not required for the 1979-1980 academic year based…