Board of Education v. Jones

I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion because the status of a tenured teacher is controlled by the minutes of the Board which has an affirmative duty to indicate the nature and length of the employment.

I must strongly disagree with the majority opinion that states that the actions of the Board as recorded in the minutes are ambiguous or unclear in any way. The minutes simply show silence as to her contractual status. Other minutes and testimony indicate a pattern of specific statements in similar situations. This is exactly the kind of situation in which the official minutes of the…