Thomas v. Board of Education

This case is before the Court upon the appeal of Charles Thomas, President of the McDowell County Non-Teaching Association (employees).1 The Circuit Court of McDowell County, serving as the finder of fact, found that the appellee, the McDowell County Board of Education (the Board) did not breach a settlement contract it negotiated with the appellant. We reverse, since the appellees failed to prove that certain terminations were linked to decreases in federal funding, as required by the contract.

The dispute in this case surrounds settlement negotiations between the parties that resulted from…