Alabama State Tenure Commission v. Weaver

RUSSELL, Judge.

This is a teacher tenure case.

Following notice and hearing in compliance with § 16-24-9, Ala.Code (1975) (1987 Repl.Vol.), the Winston County Board of Education (Board) determined that Letha Weaver had “abandoned” her teaching position and relinquished her “tenured status.” Weaver appealed the Board’s decision to the Alabama Tenure Commission (Commission). The Commission affirmed the Board’s decision, finding that Weaver “relinquished her tenurefd] status when she voluntarily ran for an elective public office.”

Weaver then appealed to the circuit court, which reversed the…