Cooper v. Board of Education

YANCE, Judge.

The question is whether the transfer of an assistant school principal to the position of guidance counselor, which will result in loss of incremental pay for supervising teachers and which will result in his being paid on a 10¼ month rather than a 12 month basis, constitutes a “demotion” of an administrator pursuant to K.R.S. 161.765 or a reduction in pay requiring only the procedures outlined in K.R.S. 161.760. The trial court held there was no demotion.

It is undisputed that appellant had tenure as an administrator. Both assistant principals and guidance counselors are…