Turner v. Alabama State Tenure Commission

INGRAM, Judge.

This case comes on appeal from the circuit court’s denial of the teacher’s petition for a writ of mandamus. The petition sought to compel the reversal of an order by the Alabama State Tenure Commission affirming the Birmingham Board of Education’s cancellation of the teacher’s contract. The teacher appeals.

The teacher had tenured status and was employed as an instructor at an elementary school. She had been employed by the Board for sixteen years. On February 18, 1985, the teacher struck one of her students at least two times on the arm with a yardstick. The teacher was not…