Carpenter v. Board of Education

CLAYTON, Justice.

Robert Lane Carpenter was a teacher in the Fleming County School District for six successive school years until his resignation in 1972. He taught in the Bracken County School District during the 1972-73 school year, resigned, and did not teach the following year. He began employment in the Owsley County School District in August 1974 and taught for three consecutive school years. The Owsley County Board of Education notified Carpenter that he would not be reemployed for the 1977-78 school year due to reorganization in the school district. Carpenter commenced this action in…