Database Search Result Details
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First Name
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Cynthia
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Last Name
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Price
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Decision Date
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8/13/2021
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Docket Number
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2021-0319-HamED
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ALJ
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RLR
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Respondent
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Hampshire County Board of Education
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Employment Type
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PROF
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Job Title
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Teacher
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Topics
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Policy
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Primary Issues
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Whether Respondent acted arbitrarily, or beyond its discretion to ensure student safety, when it installed cameras in all of its special education classrooms.
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Outcome
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Denied
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Statutes
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W. Va. Code § 18-20-11; W. Va. Code § 18-5-13(a)
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Related Cases
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Phillip Leon M. v. Greenbrier County Bd. of Educ., 199 W.Va. 400, 484 S.E.2d 909 (W. Va. 1996)
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Keywords
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Policy; Classroom Cameras; Safety
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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 employed by Respondent as a special education teacher at Romney Elementary School. Grievant is recognized by Respondent as an excellent teacher. Beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, Hampshire County Schools installed video cameras in all of its special education classrooms. Grievant asserts that current law only requires that video cameras be placed in self-contained classrooms as defined in state board policy. Grievant did establish a discrepancy in the Respondent’s definition of self-contained classroom as opposed to the West Virginia Department of Education Policy’s definition of a self-contained classroom. Cameras are mandated by the relevant statute to be placed in self-contained special education classrooms; however, there is no prohibition on placing cameras in other areas of the schools. In addition, the record established that Respondent only used the cameras to promote the health, wellbeing, and safety of students receiving special education. The grievance is denied.
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