Lavender v. McDowell County Board of Education

This is an appeal by Kyle Keaton from an order of the Circuit Court of McDowell County denying his petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the McDowell County Board of Education to reinstate him as a counselor at Iaeger Intermediate School. 1 On appeal, the appellant contends that the Board of Education failed to follow the proper procedures for transferring him and that the circuit court erred in refusing to issue the writ of mandamus which he sought. We agree, and we reverse the decision of the Circuit Court of McDowell County.

During the 1982-83 school year, the appellant, who had been an…