Berkner v. School Board of Orange County

Petitioner seeks a writ of mandamus to command the Orange County School Board to return him to his status as a principal.

*55Petitioner has been a principal for twenty-seven years and holder of a continuing contract for nine years. When Dillard Street Elementary School and Winter Garden Elementary School were combined the Board transferred petitioner from the status of principal to that of program coordinator. Thereupon, petitioner sought mandamus here to require the Board to return him to his former status as a principal.

Section 231.36(3)(e), Florida Statutes (1977), provides:

Each person to whom…