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Plaintiff appeals from the judgment denying her petition for writ of mandate to compel respondent Richmond School District to reinstate her as a tenured teacher of the fourth grade at Woods Elementary School and to award her back pay.

From 1958 through 1963, appellant was employed as a fourth grade teacher at Woods Elementary School. In 1962 she applied for and was granted a sabbatical leave of absence for the school year 1963-1964. During her sabbatical leave, appellant attended Los Angeles State College and traveled around the world.

On return from her leave, appellant was informed that she had been transferred for the school year 1964-1965 to respondent’s Alvarado School, to teach the fifth-sixth grade. Although dissatisfied, she taught at her new assignment for a time. Then, after an unsuccessful attempt to have respondent transfer her back to Woods Elementary School, she resigned under protest.

In opposition to the petition, respondent filed the affidavit of James Merrihew, its district superintendent. Said affidavit (to which were attached several relevant exhibits) expanded upon appellant's statement of the facts and denied the wrongdoing alleged in the petition.

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