Board of Education of McCreary County v. Nevels

PARK, Judge.

This appeal is the latest in a series of battles over the office of superintendent of the McCreary County Schools which have been fought since the decision in Bell v. Board of Education of McCreary County, Ky., 450 S.W.2d 229 (1970). A rather detailed chronology of events since that decision is necessary to an understanding of the issues raised by this appeal.

In November, 1972, an election was held for three of the five positions on the McCreary County Board of Education. The election was for four year terms which would have run from the first Monday in January, 1973, until the…