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First Name THOMAS
Last Name WHEELER, JR.
Decision Date 5/20/1987
Docket Number 42-86-055
ALJ SK
Respondent RANDOLPH COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
Employment Type PROF
Job Title COORDINATOR OF PERSONNEL
Topics SELECTION; RIF
Primary Issues RECALL ON BASIS OF SENIORITY; SELECTION OF PRINCIPAL
Outcome REMANDED
Statutes 18A-4-8b(a)
Related Cases 349 S.E. 2D 436;351 S.E. 2D 58; DOCKET NO. 33-86-050
Keywords PREFERRED RECALL
Intermediate Court of Appeals
Circuit Court Respondent appealed to Randolph County, Civil Action #86-C-263; Remanded then settled 11/9/87
Supreme Court
Synopsis GRIEVANT WAS AN ADMINISTRATOR IN RANDOLPH COUNTY SCHOOLS. WHEN HE WAS REMOVED FROM HIS POSITION IN THE ADMINISTRATION HIS NAME WAS PLACED ON THE 'PREFERRED RECALL LIST FOR ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS.' THE RANDOLPH COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT, ROBERT KITTLE, AFTER NEGOTIATIONS, AGREED TO PLACE HIM AS A FULL-TIME SUBSTITUTE TEACHER AND AN AFTER-HOURS COORDINATOR OF THE ABE/GED PROGRAMS FOR THE 1985-1986 TERM. FOLLOWING THE MEETING, THE GRIEVANT SHOWED INTEREST IN TWO ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS. ONE IN PARTICULAR, THE TYGART'S VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALSHIP, WAS OF INTEREST TO HIM. HIS GRIEVANCE IS TO PLACE HIM AS PRINCIPAL AT TYGART'S VALLEY. THE ALJ ORDERED THE CASE RETURNED TO THE RANDOLPH COUNTY BOARD TO 'DETERMINE IF THE GRIEVANT WAS MOST QUALIFIED [FOR THE JOB] AND, IF SO, TO AWARD THE POSITION...WITH ANY APPROPRIATE REVISIONS REGARDING LOST COMPENSATION.'

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