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First Name RUTH ANN
Last Name RILEY
Decision Date 7/21/1988
Docket Number 30-88-015-2
ALJ SK
Respondent MONONGALIA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
Employment Type PROF
Job Title TEACHER (ELEMENTARY)
Topics SELECTION
Primary Issues Selection based on qualifications; temporary position not considered a transfer
Outcome DENIED
Statutes 18A-4-8b(a), 18A-2-7
Related Cases 351 S.E.2D 58 (W.VA. 1986); 275 S.E.2D 908
Keywords TRANSFER; SELECTION; QUALIFICATIONS, CRITERIA
Intermediate Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Synopsis G, TEACHER, WAS RELEASED FROM TEACHING TO PARTICIPATE IN AN INTERNSHIP IN JANUARY 1987 AND ON MAY 12, 1987, WAS APPOINTED ACTING PRINCIPAL UNTIL JUNE 26. DURING THE SUMMER, G APPLIED FOR POSTED ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL POSITIONS BUT, NOT BEING SELECTED, WAS RETURNED TO HER PREVIOUS TEACHING ASSIGNMENT. G COMPLAINS OF IMPROPER TRANSFER AND THAT SHE WAS THE MOST QUALIFIED AND MOST SENIOR APPLICANT FOR ONE OF THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALSHIPS. DECISION: THERE WAS NO TRANSFER, AS CONTEMPLATED BY W.VA. CODE 18A-2-7, BUT ONLY A TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT. ADDITIONALLY, WHILE G WAS MORE SENIOR THAN THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT FOR THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALSHIP, THE BOARD PROPERLY DETERMINED THAT G WAS LESS QUALIFIED THAN THE OTHER APPLICANT AND THEREFORE NOT ENTITLED TO THE POSITION. DENIED.

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