Waldo Taylor, a teacher, appeals from a judgment denying his petition for a writ of mandate to compel the Board of Trustees of the Del Norte County Unified School District (the District) et al., to employ him as a probationary certificated employee (i.e., a probationary teacher) and to pay him back salary and benefits. The main issue raised by this case is whether the preferential reemployment rights granted to certain substitute and temporary teachers under Education Code section 44918*fn1 apply to teachers hired as temporaries under the provisions of section 44920. We hold that they do and reverse the judgment on this basis.
