Osburn v. School Board of Okaloosa County

NIMMONS, Judge.

Osburn appeals from a declaratory statement issued by the Okaloosa County School Board. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Osburn has been employed in the Okaloo-sa County school system since 1963. In 1973, he became principal at Carver-Hill Kindergarten Center. He was awarded a continuing contract as principal in 1977. In March, 1982, the Carver-Hill school was closed and Osburn was reassigned to the position of assistant principal at a junior high school.1

In January, 1982, in anticipation of the closing of Carver-Hill, Osburn requested appointment to a vacant principal…