Homewood City Board of Education v. Alabama State Tenure Commission

HOLMES, Retired Appellate Judge.

This is a teacher tenure case.

Our review of the record reveals the following pertinent facts: On May 31, 1996, the Homewood City Board of Education (Board) notified Lovie Crawford that it had initiated proceedings to consider termination of Crawford’s employment as a teacher at Home-wood Middle School.

The Board alleged the following as grounds for Crawford’s termination of employment: On April 22-23, 1996, Crawford accompanied several middle school students to the Technology Student Association State Conference in Montgomery. While at the conference, Crawford…