Database Search Result Details
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First Name
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Chris
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Last Name
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Jeney
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Decision Date
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1/11/2019
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Docket Number
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2019-0301-UTC
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ALJ
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RLR
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Respondent
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United Technical Center
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Employment Type
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HE
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Job Title
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Carpenter/Building Construction Instructor
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Topics
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Suspension
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Primary Issues
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Whether Respondent proved that Grievant engaged in conduct constituting insubordination.
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Outcome
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Denied
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Statutes
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Related Cases
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Santer v. Kanawha Cnty. Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 03-20-092 (June 30, 2003); Butts v. Higher Educ. Interim Governing Bd., 212 W. Va. 209, 569 S.E.2d 456 (2002); Riddle v. Bd. of Directors, So. W. Va. Community College, Docket No. 93-BOD-309 (May 31, 1994); Webb v. Mason Cnty. Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 26-89-004 (May 1, 1989); Cochran v. Mercer Cnty. Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 05-27-307 (Dec. 21, 2005)
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Keywords
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Suspension; Insubordination; Misconduct
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Intermediate Court of Appeals
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Circuit Court
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Supreme Court
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Synopsis
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Grievant is an instructor at United Technical Center with a long history of interference in other teachers’ classroom activity. Grievant was warned against such conduct by the director on numerous occasions prior to being disciplined. Notwithstanding these orders, Grievant engaged in similar behavior on May 31, 2018, involving another teacher’s students. Grievant was suspended for two days without pay. Record established by a preponderance of the evidence that Grievant knowingly, willfully, and intentionally disobeyed a direct written order from his supervisor.
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