County School Board of York County v. Epperson

This appeal stems from the objections of two public school teachers to their involuntary transfers from one school to another in the same school division.

The Constitution of Virginia, implemented by statute, mandates that the “supervision” of public schools “in each school division shall be vested in a school board.” Va. Const. art. VIII, § 7; Code § 22.1-28. Code § 22.1-295 provides: “The teachers in the public schools of a school division shall be employed and placed in appropriate schools by the school board upon recommendation of the *216division superintendent.” Code § 22.1-297 gives a…