ANGOLA â A local judge has set the first trial date for a breach of contract case involving Superintendent Brent Wilson and the Metropolitan School District of Steuben County s Board of Trustees, scheduling the matter to go before a jury on July 27.
Online court information shows Steuben Superior Court Judge William Fee set the trial date Tuesday after a telephonic pretrial conference with Wilson s attorney Linda Pence, and the district s counsel, Matthew Elliott, even as he ordered both parties to return to mediation. The pretrial conference was held in the judge s chambers and was not open to the public.
Wilson, who has been the district s superintendent since 2006, sued the Board in March 2020, alleging breach of contract after it voted in August 2016 to remove an automatic rollover provision that previously provided Wilson with a never-ending five-year contract.