W. Va. Educ. v. Preston Cty. Bd. of Educ.

297 S.E.2d 444 (1982)

WEST VIRGINIA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, etc., et al.

v.

PRESTON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, etc., et al.

No. 15451.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

October 28, 1982.

Jacqueline A. Kinnaman, WVEA, Charleston, L. Edward Friend, II, Tomasky & Friend, Morgantown, for appellants.

Edward D. McDevitt, Preiser & Wilson, Charleston, for appellees.

HARSHBARGER, Justice:

After Echols Jeffries became superintendent of Preston County schools on July 1, 1980, he nominated his wife, Nell K. Jeffries, to be Director of Curriculum and Instruction. She was interviewed by an assistant…