Oxford City Board of Education v. Hubbert

THIGPEN, Judge.

This is a teacher tenure case.

Johnnie Austin, a tenured teacher, was given notice by the Oxford City Board of Education (Board) in May 1990, of a proposal to transfer him from his twelve-month position as a co-op teacher in the Vocational Marketing division to a ten-month position as a business office education (BOE) instructor in the BOE department. The Board would pay Austin for ten months from vocational funds and “[t]he other 2 months [would] be paid from the Oxford City School General Funds as long as possible.” (Emphasis added.) Austin apparently requested a hearing…