Jawa v. Board of Education

M.S. Jawa, a county school psychologist appealing pro se, seeks to reverse a final judgment of the Circuit Court of McDowell County denying his petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the McDowell County Board of Education to perform certain actions relating to the terms of his employment.

Jawa, an Asian-Indian American with a doctorate, was employed as a school psychologist beginning in the 1979-80 school year by the McDowell County Board of Education. His job description included a provision stating that he would be “functionally responsible to the Coordinator of Special Education, with…