Lee v. Franklin Special School District Board of Education

OPINION

FRANK G. CLEMENT, JR., J.,

delivered the opinion of the court,

in which WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., P.J., M.S., and PATRICIA J. COTTRELL, J., joined.

A tenured teacher, whose position was abolished due to a system wide reduction in force, filed this action due to the School District’s failure to afford her preferential consideration for reemployment pursuant to the Teacher Tenure Act, Tenn.Code Ann. § 49 — 5—511 (b) (3). The trial court summarily dismissed the claim, concluding as a matter of law, the teacher was not entitled to preferential consideration for teaching positions that were to…