Griffin-Spalding County School System v. Daniel

Ruffin, Judge.

Plaintiff, Mary Frances Daniel, a kindergarten through fifth grade teacher, challenged her school principal’s decision prohibiting teachers from leaving campus during their “duty-free” lunch period. The principal’s decision was affirmed on Daniel’s appeals to the superintendent of schools, the county board of education and the state board of education. Daniel appealed the decision of the state board to the Superior Court of Spalding County. The superior court reversed the state board’s decision and this appeal followed by the Griffin-Spalding County School System (school system).