A Birmingham Board of Education attorney says the board was within its legal right to hire a new school superintendent after a temporary restraining order blocking the vote was granted in a Bessemer court this afternoon.
Board attorney Tom Stewart said he received a phone call at 4:20 p.m. from Jefferson County Circuit Judge Dan King in Bessemer, who said the temporary restraining order was not in effect because the $500 bond required to file a TRO had not been paid. (Read more @ The Birmingham News)
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