Ala. Code 1975, § 36-26-100 (emphasis added). In Estill v. State Tenure Commission, 650 So.2d 890, 891 (Ala.Civ.App. 1994), this court construed "succeeding year" under § 16-24-5 to mean "succeeding scholastic year." A careful reading of Estill reveals that this court attributed the same meaning to the terms "school year" and "scholastic year," but a different meaning to the term "school term.
As a result, the teachers did not receive salary for those positions that had not been renewed. See Estill v. Alabama State Tenure Comm'n, 650 So.2d 890, 891-92 (Ala.Civ.App. 1994) (explaining the distinction between school year, which denotes a period of 12 calendar months, and school term). In the fall of 2004, after she had already signed a contract to coach track for the 2004-2005 school year, Boone was informed by the Board that she would not coach track for the 2004-2005 school year.