HEARING ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT OR SUMMARY ADJUDICATION

FILED BY ORINDA ACADEMY, NORTH BAY SECONDARY

* TENTATIVE RULING: *

Defendant Orinda Academy’s motion for summary judgment is granted. SUMMARY OF FACTS

Defendant North Bay Secondary School, Inc. dba Orinda Academy (“Orinda Academy” or “the School”) is an accredited private school in Orinda, California. (Facts 1, 2 – Undisputed) Defendant Ronald Graydon (‘Graydon”) is the former Head of School for Orinda Academy, during the relevant period. The causes of action against Graydon have been dismissed as a result of Defendants’ demurrer to Plaintiff’s Complaint.

Orinda Academy hired Plaintiff Mitchell Goldman as a full-time math teacher in January 1988 in the middle of the school-year. He signed four written teacher agreements in the first few school years he taught at Orinda Academy. That practice ceased in 2000. (Fact 3 – Undisputed) It is undisputed that the early teaching agreements only outlined the teacher’s duties and