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First Name James
Last Name Deshazo
Decision Date 2/27/2018
Docket Number 2017-2174-McDED
ALJ LRB
Respondent McDowell County Board of Education
Employment Type SERV
Job Title Bus Operator
Topics Selection
Primary Issues Whether Grievant demonstrated that Respondent erred in not awarding him one of the three new summer general maintenance positions.
Outcome Denied
Statutes W. Va. Code § 18A-4-8b(a); W. Va. Code § 18-5-39; W. Va. Code § 18A-4-8g(k)
Related Cases Dillon v. Wyoming County Bd. of Educ., 177 W. Va. 145, 351 S.E.2d 58 (1986); Carpenter v. Logan County Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 2015-0051-LogED (September 4, 2015); Bowmen v. Kanawha County Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 99-20-039B (Mar. 31, 1999); Beane v. Kanawha County Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 03-20-008 (April 30, 2003); Cowan, et al., v. Ritchie County Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 2010-1537-CONS (Jan. 20, 2012)
Keywords Selection; Summer Job; Newly Created Summer Position; Seniority; Arbitrary and Capricious
Intermediate Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Synopsis Grievant is employed by Respondent as a bus operator. Grievant seeks to be placed in one of three new summer general maintenance positions for the summer of 2017. Of the applicants, Grievant was determined to be fourth in seniority. Grievant did not establish by a preponderance of the evidence entitlement to one of the new summer positions. Accordingly, this grievance DENIED.

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