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First Name Connie
Last Name Mize
Decision Date 2/7/2018
Docket Number 2017-2232-CONS
ALJ CHL
Respondent Cabell County Board of Education
Employment Type PROF
Job Title Principal
Topics Evaluation
Primary Issues Whether Grievant proved by a preponderance of the evidence that two ratings on her evaluation were arbitrary and capricious.
Outcome Denied
Statutes W. Va. Code St. R. § 156-1-3 (2008)
Related Cases Howell v. W. Va. Dep't of Health & Human Res., Docket No. 89-DHS-72 (Nov. 29, 1990); Holly v. Logan County Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 96-23-174 (Apr. 30, 1997); Hanshaw v. McDowell County Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 33-88-130 (Aug. 19, 1988); Petry v. Kanawha County Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 96-20-380 (Mar. 18, 1997); Leichliter v. W. Va. Dep't of Health & Human Res., Docket No. 92-HHR-486 (May 17, 1993); Baker v. Fayette County Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 94-10-427 (Jan. 24, 1995); Kinder v. Berkeley County Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 02-87-199 (June 16, 1988); Higgins v. Randolph County Bd. of Educ., 168 W. Va. 448, 286 S.E.2d 682 (1981); Thomas v. Greenbrier [County] Bd. of Educ., Docket No 13-87-313-4 (Feb. 22, 1988); Brown v. Wood County Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 54-86-262-1 (May 5, 1987), aff’d Kanawha County Cir. Ct., Civil Action No. 87-AA-43 (May 18, 1989), aff’d, in part, 184 W. Va. 205, 400 S.E.2d 213 (1990); Beckley v. Lincoln County Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 99-22-168 (Aug. 31, 1999); Bailey v. Kanawha County Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 2009-1594-KanED (Jan. 19, 2010); Turner v. Boone County Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 05-03-278 (Oct. 31, 2005); State ex rel. Eads v. Duncil, 196 W. Va. 604, 474 S.E.2d 534 (1996); Bedford County Memorial Hosp. v. Health and Human Serv., 769 F.2d 1017 (4th Cir. 1985); Yokum v. W. Va. Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, Docket No. 96-DOE-081 (Oct. 16, 1996); Trimboli v. Dep’t of Health and Human Res., Docket No. 93-HHR-322 (June 27, 1997); Wilt v. Flannigan, 170 W. Va. 385, 294 S.E.2d 189 (1982); Romeo v. Harrison County Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 17-88-013 (Sept. 30, 1988); Jones v. Braxton County Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 97-04-311 (Apr. 28, 1998); Baker v. Bd. of Trustees/W. Va. Univ. at Parkersburg, Docket No. 97-BOT-359 (Apr. 30, 1998)
Keywords Evaluation; Unsatisfactory; Rating; Arbitrary and Capricious; Disagree; Standards
Intermediate Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Synopsis Grievant is employed by Respondent as a principal. Grievant’s supervisor conducted her evaluation and rated her “Unsatisfactory” in two standards. Grievant argues that her supervisor treated her unfairly and that these two “Unsatisfactory” ratings are arbitrary and capricious. Respondent denies Grievant’s claims. Grievant failed to prove her claims by a preponderance of the evidence. Therefore, the grievance is DENIED.

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