W. VA. EDUC. v. PRESTON CTY. BD. OF EDUC.

No. 15451.

297 S.E.2d 444 (1982)

WEST VIRGINIA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, etc., et al. v. PRESTON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, etc., et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

October 28, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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 superintendent and found to be the most qualified applicant: her credentials included a Masters Degree with thirty additional hours of graduate credit, twenty-four years teaching experience, and over four years administrative responsibility...

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