State Ex Rel. Wasson v. Schroeder

HIGGINS, Judge.

The parents of children assigned to the St. Charles R-V School District requested that the Commissioner of Education assign their children to a different school district pursuant to section 167.121 RSMo 1978. The Commissioner’s designee, Mr. Wasson, denied the request. There was no hearing on this matter; none is required by statute. Plaintiffs sought a writ of mandamus in the Circuit Court of St. Charles County to compel the Commissioner to reassign the plaintiffs’ children. Defendant-relator Wasson then filed a petition for writ of prohibition in the Court of Appeals, Eastern…