How have courts dealt with cases dealing with teacher absenteeism?

Particularly enlightening is Stewart v. Board of Ed. of Ritenour, etc. (Mo.App.1978) 574 S.W.2d 471, in which a teacher was absent for 124 days before March 20 during the 1973-1974 school year. The district allowed teachers to accumulate up to 180 days of sick leave but the teacher exceeded her accumulated sick leave by 28.5 days. The court pointed out numbers alone did not establish the absences were excessive. "This is true in spite of the fact that

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