Michael Reeves v. Etowah City School Board

The issue for review in this direct appeal is whether the superintendent of the Etowah City School System ever attained permanent
teacher tenure status under the Teachers' Tenure Act. The Chancellor held the superintendent had not been reemployed by the
school board after the probationary period, as required under the Act, and accordingly he had not attained permanent tenure
status. We disagree with the Chancellor that the superintendent had not been reemployed by the School Board after the probationary
period, but affirm the holding that the superintendent is not entitled to permanent tenure, because he failed to comply with
that part of the Act -- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-5-504(b) -- which required that he notify the board prior to his reemployment
that if retained, he would acquire tenure status.