Debrow v. ALA. STATE TENURE COM'N

This is a teacher tenure case.

Donald Debrow served as principal of Carver High School in Birmingham, Alabama, throughout the 1980-81 and 1981-82 school years and was under contract to so serve during the 1982-83 school year. On May 27, 1983, shortly before the end of the school year, the Birmingham City Board of Education (Board), on recommendation of the acting superintendent, voted to deny him tenure and to reassign him to his former classification as area vocational supervisor at Wenonah High School. A May 31, 1983 letter from the superintendent informed Debrow of the Board's decision, and…