Mason County Board of Education v. State Supt. of Schools

The central issue in this case is whether the Board of Education of Mason County erred in dismissing the appellant, Bright McCausland, as principal of a high school without first affording him an improvement period and other rights prescribed by § 5300(6)(a) of the Policies, Rules and Regulations of the West Virginia Board of Education. After carefully reviewing the record we conclude that the Board did err, and we reverse the decision of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County upholding the Board’s action.

On August 18, 1973, the Mason County Board of Education formally initiated proceedings to…