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Cantu v. Central Education Agency
Facts
The Appellant in this matter was Maria Diosel Cantru, (the "Appellant"). The Appellant was a special-education teacher in the San Benito Consolidated Independent School district. She had a one year contract for the 1990-1991 school year. On Saturday, August 18, 1990, the Appellant hand delivered a resignation letter to the school district. In the letter, the Appellant requested her paycheck be forwarded to a specified address in McAllen, Texas. The San Benito superintendent of schools, the only individual who could accept letters of resignation on behalf of the school district received the letter on Monday, August 20. On that same day, the superintendent wrote the Appellant a letter accepting her resignation and mailed it at approximately 5:15pm. The next day, August 21, at 8:00am, the Appellant hand delivered a letter to the superintendent's office withdrawing her resignation. This letter included a San Benito return address unlike the first letter, which included a McAllen, Texas address. That same day, the superintendent hand delivered a letter to the Appellant's San Benito address saying the Appellant's resignation could not be withdrawn.
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