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First Name DEBRA
Last Name WEST, ET AL.
Decision Date 5/4/1987
Docket Number 52-86-279-3
ALJ NK
Respondent WETZEL COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
Employment Type PROF
Job Title TEACHERS
Topics SENIORITY
Primary Issues COMPUTATION OF SENIORITY
Outcome GRANTED
Statutes 18A-4-8b
Related Cases 341 S.E.2D 685 (W.VA. 1985); 327 S.E.2D 691; GILKERSON V. WAYNE
Keywords CIVIL ACTION; REMAND; JURISDICTION; EXPEDITIOUS; CONTINUOUS SERVICE; UNBROKEN
Intermediate Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Synopsis Petitioners motion to the Circuit Court to remand the case to the Grievance Board was not granted; however counsel could give no indication of when a ruling would be forthcoming or any assurance of a prompt resolution as is contemplated by the grievance procedure law. Accordingly, this decision is rendered pursuant to a letter from grievant's representative urging that the ESEGB not ignore its statutory authorization to hear and decide grievances in an expeditious fashion. Grievants all taught in the Wetzel County Schools and then formally resigned their full-time employment. Each returned to employment at a later time but discovered that their seniority was being calculated from the date of their most recent employment and credit for their earlier teaching years was extinguished. Grievance granted; the BOE is ordered to compute the grievants' seniority according to the total length of time each has been professionally employed by the Board.

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