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First Name Mycah
Last Name Auville
Decision Date 4/9/2024
Docket Number 2022-0731-WooED
ALJ BTC
Respondent Wood County Board of Education
Employment Type PROF
Job Title Multicategorical Special Education Classroom Teacher
Topics Selection; Reprisal; Discrimination
Primary Issues Whether Grievant was the most qualified candidate for the position of Director of Vocational Education, whether the selection process was fatally flawed, and whether Grievant was denied the position due to reprisal and favoritism.
Outcome Denied
Statutes W. VA. CODE ST. R. § 156-1-3 (2018); W. VA. CODE § 6C-2-2(o); W. VA. CODE § 6C-2-4; W. VA. CODE § 18A-2-1(a); W. VA. CODE § 18A-4-7a(a); W. VA. CODE § 18A-4-7a(b); W. VA. CODE § 18A-4-7a(c); W. VA. CODE § 18A-4-7a(q);
Related Cases Leichliter v. Dep't of Health & Human Res., Docket No. 92-HHR-486 (May 17, 1993), aff’d, Pleasants Cnty. Cir. Ct. Civil Action No. 93-APC-1 (Dec. 2, 1994); Syl. Pt. 2, Baker v. Bd. of Educ., 207 W. Va. 513, 534 S.E.2d 378 (2000); State ex rel. Eads v. Duncil, 196 W. Va. 604, 474 S.E.2d 534 (1996) (citing Arlington Hosp. v. Schweiker, 547 F. Supp. 670 (E.D. Va. 1982)); 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), aff’d Mercer Cnty. Cir. Ct. Docket No. 97-CV-374-K (Oct. 16, 1998); Syl. Pt. 1, Adkins v. W. Va. Dep't of Educ., 210 W. Va. 105, 556 S.E.2d 72 (2001) (per curiam); Trimboli v. Dep't of Health and Human Res., Docket No. 93-HHR-322 (June 27, 1997), aff’d Mercer Cnty. Cir. Ct. Docket No. 97-CV-374-K (Oct. 16, 1998); Blake v. Kanawha County Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 01-20-470 (Oct. 29, 2001), aff’d Kanawha Cnty. Cir. Ct. Docket No. 01-AA-161 (July 2, 2002), appeal refused, W.Va. Sup. Ct. App. Docket No. 022387 (Apr. 10, 2003); Syl. Pt. 2, W. Va. Public Employees Ins. Bd. v. Blue Cross Hosp. Serv., Inc., 179 W. Va. 605, 328 S.E.2d 356 (1985); Bd. of Educ. v. Dawson, 895 S.E.2d 66, 73 (W. Va. 2023) (memorandum decision); Spatafore v. Harrison County Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 2017-0980-HarED (July 26, 2017); Cook v. Div. of Natural Res., Docket No. 2009-0875-DOC (Jan. 22, 2010); Conner v. Barbour County Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 93-01-154 (Apr. 8, 1994); Conner v. Barbour County Bd. of Educ., Docket No. 93-01-154 (Apr. 8, 1994); Frank’s Shoe Store v. W. Va. Human Rights Comm’n, 179 W. Va. 53, 365 S.E.2d 251 (1986); Warner v. Dep’t of Health & Human Res., Docket No. 2012-0986-DHHR (Oct. 21, 2013); W. Va. Dep't of Nat. Res. v. Myers, 191 W. Va. 72, 76, 443 S.E.2d 229, 233 (1994); Conner v. Barbour Cty. Bd. of Educ., 200 W. Va. 405, 409, 489 S.E.2d 787 (1997)
Keywords Non-selection; Favoritism
Intermediate Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Synopsis Grievant grieved her nonselection for the Director of Vocational Education at the Wood County Technical Center. Grievant failed to prove that she was the most qualified candidate, the selection decision was due to reprisal, the decision was a result of favoritism, or the selection process was fatally flawed. Both parties alleged but failed to prove that the other had engaged in bath faith. Accordingly, the grievance is denied.

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