Fox v. BOARD OF ED. OF DODDRIDGE CTY.

236 S.E.2d 243 (1977)

James J. FOX

v.

The BOARD OF EDUCATION OF DODDRIDGE COUNTY et al.

No. 13920.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

July 15, 1977.

Stephen A. Wickland, Clarksburg, for appellant.

Lucien R. Sammons, Jr., West Union, for appellees.

HARSHBARGER, Justice:

James J. Fox, a West Virginia teacher for twenty-three years and employed by the Doddridge County Board of Education since 1958, was dismissed by the board for wilful neglect of duty because he missed a parent-teacher conference. He appealed to his circuit court, which affirmed and hence here.

The charges against him were set…