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First Name HARRY
Last Name CROUSE
Decision Date 3/29/1990
Docket Number 89-32-468
ALJ SK
Respondent MORGAN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
Employment Type PROF
Job Title BAND DIRECTOR/MUSIC TEACHER
Topics ADMINISTRATIVE TRANSFER
Primary Issues Reassigned to itinerant music teacher after band membership dropped and lack of extracurricular events.
Outcome GRANTED
Statutes 18A-2-7
Related Cases 256 S.E.2D 592 (W.VA. 1979);327 S.E.2D 691 (W.VA. 1984); LAMBERT V. POCAHONTAS; FOX V. SUMMERS
Keywords
Intermediate Court of Appeals
Circuit Court Grievant appealed to Morgan County, Civil Action #90-P-21; Affirmed 5/2/88
Supreme Court
Synopsis W.Va. Code 18A-2-7 provides for notice and hearing before an employee's placement on a transfer or reassignment list is approved by a board of education. It must be complied with strictly. Such hearings are to be detached and independent evaluations of the employee's case and if a decision has already been made and the employees have been prejudged, the process is meaningless.

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