McSally v. Board of Regents

This is a certiorari proceeding wherein the Warwick School Committee seeks review of a Rhode Island Board of Regents’ order affirming an order of the Commissioner of Education remanding a matter to the School Committee.

In June 1974, the Warwick School Committee adopted a plan for the structural reorganization of the school department that resulted in the elimination of certain administrative positions and the creation of others. At the time William R. O’Brien occupied the position of Supervisor of Business-Industry School Programs. The reorganization plan mandated the establishment of a new…