Court Rules Against Board Members, Who Opted Not to Hire Coach

A judge from the Middle District of Pennsylvania has temporarily sided with the son of a basketball coach, who claimed that school board members, angry at him for his involvement in labor negotiations with the teachers union, retaliated against him when they decided not renew his father’s coaching appointment.   Plaintiff James Mahon, IV, had been a board member and president of the Lake Lehman School District before retiring. But that didn’t stop him from working behind the scenes. For