Mitchell v. Skinner

I respectfully dissent. The majority holds that a city superintendent of schools is not a “supervisor” within the meaning given that term in the Teacher Tenure Act, Ala.Code 1975, §§ 16-24-1 to -38, and, consequently, cannot acquire continuing service status under that Act. In order to do so, it is necessary to overrule Ex parte Weaver, 559 So.2d 178 (Ala.1989), an opinion less than four years old. The majority, however, does not acknowledge this result, stating, instead, that it is merely editing *1027“some of the dicta” in Weaver. Specifically, the majority states:

“The opinion in Ex parte Weaver…