State ex rel. Hawkins v. Tyler County Board of Education

McGraw, Justice:

Lorraine Hawkins appeals from an order of the Circuit Court of Tyler County which dismissed her petition for a *364writ of mandamus to compel the appellees, the Tyler County Board of Education, (hereinafter the Board) to reinstate her to her teaching position at Tyler County High School. The petition alleged that the Board acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner in transferring her from her tenured teaching position at Tyler County High School and reassigning her to Paden City Middle School. The circuit court found that the appellees had acted in good faith and in the best…