Lipan v. Board of Educ., County of Hancock

HARSHBARGER, Justice.

Leslie Lipan appeals from a final order of the Circuit Court of Hancock County denying her petition for a writ of certiorari commanding the Hancock County Board of Education (Board) to rehire her as a teacher and grant her a continuing employment contract. Lipan’s principal argument is that she was neither honestly and openly evaluated nor afforded an improvement period as required by State Board of Education Policy No. 5300 and this Court’s decision in Trimboli v. Board of Education of the County of Wayne, 163 W.Va. 1, 254 S.E.2d 561 (1979). * We agree and reverse.

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