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First Name NANCY
Last Name ELY
Decision Date 1/22/1990
Docket Number 89-06-602
ALJ SA
Respondent CABELL COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
Employment Type PROF
Job Title TEACHER
Topics SELECTION
Primary Issues Who was most qualified for a physical education/health teaching position; who was in the best condition or fit?
Outcome DENIED
Statutes 18A-4-8B(A)
Related Cases
Keywords INTERVIEW
Intermediate Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Synopsis GRIEVANT ALLEGES SHE WAS MORE QUALIFIED THAN THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT FOR A HEALTH/PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHING POSITION. INTERVIEWERS THOUGHT CANDIDATES EQUALLY QUALIFIED FOR HEALTH PART OF JOB BUT OTHER CANDIDATE BETTER QUALIFIED FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION. DECISION: GRIEVANCE DENIED. GRIEVANT ESTABLISHED NO ABUSE OF DISCRETION IN THE INTERVIEWERS' DETERMINATIONS THAT SHE WAS NOT AS ENTHUSIASTIC OR CONFIDENT ABOUT BEING A PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER AS WAS THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT, THAT A TEACHER WHO DEMONSTRATED PHYSICAL EDUCATION SKILLS WAS MORE QUALIFIED THAN ONE WHO DID NOT, AND THAT THE OTHER CANDIDATE'S RECENT ACTIVITIES AND TRAINING BETTER QUALIFIED HER.

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