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First Name FRANK
Last Name ANDERSON
Decision Date 5/12/1989
Docket Number 55-88-216
ALJ JW
Respondent WYOMING COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
Employment Type PROF
Job Title TEACHER
Topics SELECTION
Primary Issues Qualifications
Outcome GRANTED
Statutes 18A-4-8B(a)
Related Cases 275 S.E.2D 911 (W.VA. 1980); 216 S.E.2D 554
Keywords ARBITRARY; CAPRICIOUS
Intermediate Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Synopsis GRIEVANT EMPLOYED AS A LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHER AND ALLEGES A VIOLATION OF W.VA. CODE, 18A-4-8B(a) WHEN HE WAS NOT SELECTED TO FILL A TEACHING POSITION AND ASSERTS HE WAS THE MOST QUALIFIED APPLICANT. DECISION: W.VA. CODE 18A-4-8B(a) PROVIDES THAT DECISIONS OF A COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AFFECTING THE FILLING OF VACANT TEACHING POSITIONS MUST BE BASED PRIMARILY UPON THE APPLICANT'S QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE JOB. GRANTED; GRIEVANT HAS PROVEN THAT HE WAS THE MOST QUALIFIED APPLICANT AND THAT THE BOARD ACTED IN AN ARBITRARY FASHION IN FILLING THE POSITION.

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