Cooper v. Alabama State Tenure Commission

HOLMES, Judge.

This is a teacher tenure case.

*210Shortly before the end of his third school term as a principal, Ronald E. Cooper (the teacher) received written notice from the Jefferson County Board of Education (Board) that his employment as a principal would not be renewed for the following school term. He subsequently received notice that he was being transferred to the position of instructor.

On appeal the Alabama State Tenure Commission affirmed the action of the Board.

The teacher filed a petition in the Jefferson County Circuit Court for a writ of mandamus, requesting reinstatement to his…