"Board of Public Education in Wilmington" v. Delaney

Southerland, C. J.:

The pertinent facts of the case are undisputed.

During the school year 1956-1957 Daniel B. Delaney, the appellee, was employed as a teacher in the Howard High School in Wilmington. He taught a class in electricity, and was not “certificated” to teach in any other field.

The enrollment of the class was declining, and transfer of the class to a vocational school was under consideration in early 1957. Dr. Miller, Superintendent of Schools, wrote to Delaney in March and talked with him in early April about the matter.

Dr. Miller reviewed the matter with his staff and thereafter…