West Virginia Board of Education and Steven L. Paine, Ed.D v. Board of Education of the County of Nicholas

WORKMAN, Justice:

This is an appeal from the August 18, 2017, order of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, granting a writ of mandamus in favor of the Nicholas County Board of Education (“the Board”), requiring the West Virginia Board of Education and Dr. Steven L. Paine, in his capacity as State Superintendent" of Schools (hereinafter collectively “the WVBOE”), to approve the Board’s amended Consolidated Educational Facilities Plan (“CEFP”)., The amendment to the CEFP constitutes a necessary prerequisite to the Board’s efforts to consolidate four Nicholas County schools and its Career and…