Martin v. Barbour County Board of Education

BENJAMIN, Justice:

This case is before the Court upon the appeal of fifteen employees (hereinafter “petitioners”) of the Barbour County Board of Education (hereinafter “respondent” or “Board”), from the August 27, 2010, final order of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, in which the circuit court denied the petitioners’ grievance regarding changes made to the subsequent year’s extracurricular coaching contracts. The petitioners contend that W. Va.Code § 18A-2-7 (2009) gives them the right to receive a hearing before the respondent may unilaterally alter the terms of the subsequent year’s…