BOARD OF EDUC. OF ASHLAND v. JAYNE

No. 89-SC-405-DG.

812 S.W.2d 129 (1991)

BOARD OF EDUCATION OF ASHLAND, Kentucky, and Curt Foutch, Individually and in his Official Capacity as Superintendent of the Ashland Independent School District, Movants, v. Elizabeth JAYNE and Virginia Jayne, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied August 29, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F.C. Bryan, John C. Fogle, Bryan, Fogle & Chenoweth, Mt. Sterling, Carl D. Edwards, VanAntwerp, Monge, Jones & Edwards, Ashland, for movants.

Jennifer B. Coffman, Brooks, Coffman & Fitzpatrick, Lexington, for respondents.


STEPHENS, Chief Justice.

The principal issue on this appeal concerns the action of a local school superintendent and school board in transferring two teachers from one position to another in the same system, and whether such transfer constitutes a violation of Section 2 of the Kentucky Constitution.

The Court of Appeals answered the question in the affirmative. We disagree, and reverse.

The respondents, who are sisters, have been teachers in the Ashland...

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