Lee-Warren v. School Board of Cumberland County

According to the provisions of our Rule 5:42, the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia certified to this Court on October 19, 1990 a question of Virginia law, which we accepted by order entered November 5, 1990. The question certified is: “Whether under Virginia law, a school principal with continuing contract status retains that status upon accepting a job as principal in another school division within Virginia?”

In the federal litigation, Annabelle Lee-Warren alleges that the School Board of Cumberland County and James E. Irons, Superintendent of the Cumberland…