Townsend v. Hoover City Board of Education

ROBERTSON, Presiding Judge.

In 1987 the City of Hoover elected to form the Hoover City Board of Education (Board) to administer and supervise the city’s public schools. The Board agreed to appoint Dr. C. Robert Mitchell as superintendent. Under the terms of the agreement, Mitchell’s term was to begin on January 16,1988, and was to end on January 15, 1991, with an annual salary of $60,000, plus other benefits. On February 13, 1989, the Board increased Mitchell’s salary to $64,-500. On that same date the Board and Mitchell entered into a new agreement which, inter alia, extended Mitchell’s term…