Alabama State Tenure Commission v. Board of Education

BRADLEY, Judge.

This is a teacher tenure case.

The facts are as follows. The Board of Education of Jefferson County completed construction of a new junior high school in the W. A. Berry High School district in 1979. The eighth grade would be moved from Berry to this new junior high school.

Mrs. Velma Avery taught eighth grade social studies at Berry. Avery was notified on August 30, 1979 by the Jefferson County Board of Education that she would be transferred to the new junior high school. Avery, a tenured teacher, demanded a hearing to contest the transfer pursuant to § 16-24-6, Code 1975. A…