Blair v. Mayo

The complainants, Gentry Mayo and Robert A. Harris, Jr., brought their suit against Norman Blair, Superin tendent of Schools, and the members of the Board of Education of Gannon County to prohibit their dismissal as principal and as assistant principal, respectively, of Central High School at Woodbury. By their original bill, filed on June 19,1969, the complainants averred that each had permanent tenure under Section 49-1401, T.C.A., the complainant, Mayo, having served as a classroom teacher for nine years at Central High School and as principal of that school for three years and the…