Before conducting the last rites for the tenure system, with all of the abuses to which it has been subjected, this observation is worth making: although there is widespread discontent with tenure systems, part of the dissatisfaction arises from the assumption that tenure protects incompetents. The existence of incompetents in any organization, however, cannot be blamed totally on legislative provisions designed to protect the position security of teachers as well as the school system. Evidence indicates that inaction of school boards and administrators in dismissal and supervisory efforts deserves substantial blame. Tenure systems do not prevent school systems from designing offective appraisal and personnel development processes. They do not prevent the administration from taking action against incompetent. Both tenure laws and contemporary court cases reinforce the concept that teacher tenure establishes employment security within a framework of due process.