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First Name CHARLES
Last Name WATKINS
Decision Date 4/23/1990
Docket Number 89-20-723
ALJ SA
Respondent KANAWHA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
Employment Type PROF
Job Title VICE-PRINCIPAL
Topics SELECTION
Primary Issues Biased Selection; Selection Process; Evaluations; Untrue Remarks Made
Outcome GRANTED
Statutes
Related Cases STOVER V. KANAWHA
Keywords SELECTION PROCESS
Intermediate Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Synopsis WHERE AN EMPLOYEE HAS NOT BEEN EVALUATED, PUBLIC POLICY DEMANDS THAT HIS WORK PERFORMANCE BE CONSIDERED EXEMPLARY AND IT IS THUS IMPROPER FOR AN AGENT OF THE EMPLOYER TO REPRESENT THAT PERFORMANCE IS LACKING. MOREOVER, BY ESTABLISHING THAT THE INDIVIDUALS WHO MADE THE SEPT. SELECTION WERE THEY WHO HAD HEARD MR. SNODGRASS' REMARKS AND RELIED ON THEM IN AUGUST AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, THAT THE REMARKS WERE ESSENTIALLY CONSIDERED BY THEM AS MR. SNODGRASS' EVALUATION OF HIM, GRIEVANT ESTABLISHED SUCH A SIGNIFICANT FLAW.

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