Wellbaum

Appellant was employed by respondent district as a probationary teacher, teaching foreign language classes at Oakdale Joint Union High School, during the school year 1973-1974. Due to a decline in enrollment in foreign language classes the school board took appropriate and timely action pursuant to Education Code sections 13447 and 13443 to terminate appellant as an employee of the district. Appellant requested a hearing, after which the hearing officer concluded that no employee was being retained to teach the particular kind of service being reduced for which appellant was certified and that good cause existed for the termination. The hearing officer’s recommendation and decision was adopted by the board of respondent district on April 29, 1974.

The next day, April 30, 1974, appellant received a revision of her credential adding certification to teach English. On May 1, appellant notified in writing the principal and each member of the school board of her additional certification in English and demanded that she be reinstated or rehired. These demands were frequently repeated, including an appearance by a representative of appellant before the board on May 13, 1974, at…