Lea v. Orleans Parish School Board

SIMON, Justice.

On April 23, 1953, the Orleans Parish School Board found plaintiff and- appellee herein, Herbert S. Lea, one of its employees, guilty of incompetency and suspended him without pay for the remainder of the 1952-1953 school term. Beginning in September, 1953, he was assigned to the principalship of a school of less than 300 students, at the scheduled pay scale of such a school and with a consequent reduction in salary. This action was taken after a public hearing by the School Board and admittedly conducted in conformity with the provisions of LSA-R.S. 17:462, known as our…