DOWNS v. HENRY COUNTY BD. OF EDUC.

No. 88-CA-304-S.

769 S.W.2d 49 (1988)

Deborah DOWNS and Betty Peyton, Appellants, v. HENRY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, Ernest Craigmyle, Gary T. Gosser, William H. Peniston, Roy L. Winchester and John W. Smith, Jr., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied January 27, 1989.

Discretionary Review Denied by Supreme Court May 31, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Frith Stewart, Dennis Franklin Janes, Louisville, for appellants.

Robert L. Chenoweth, Bryan, Fogle & Chenoweth, Frankfort, for appellees.

Before COMBS, DYCHE and GUDGEL, JJ.


COMBS, Judge.

Appellants in this appeal, Deborah Downs and Betty Peyton, are two tenured school teachers employed by the appellee, Henry County Board of Education (Board). When the Board suspended the appellants' continuing service contracts, citing a decline in enrollment, the appellants brought suit in the Henry Circuit Court to challenge the Board's action on the ground that it deprived them of a constitutionally protected property right without due process of...

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