Meckley v. Kanawha County Board of Education

This case is on appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County which affirmed the dismissal from employment of the appellant, Rose A. Meckley, a teacher, by the appellee, the Board of Education of Kanawha County (“Board”). The former superintendent of the Board, Robert E. Kittle, and the principal of the school where appellant taught, Phillip E. Jepson, are also appellees. For reasons set forth in this opinion, we affirm the order of the circuit court.

The appellant was a teacher at Shoals Elementary School from 1976 to June 9, 1982, on which date she was suspended by the…