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First Name CINDI
Last Name DRAKE
Decision Date 3/12/1987
Docket Number 47-86-326-2
ALJ SK
Respondent TUCKER COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
Employment Type PROF
Job Title LEARNING DISABILITIES TEACHER
Topics DUE PROCESS; HEARING OFFICER
Primary Issues PRESENCE OF SUPERINTENDENT IN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION DURING THE DELIBERATION OF A GRIEVANCE BY BOE; DUE PROCESS; EVALUATION PROCESS
Outcome GRANTED
Statutes 18-29-3(N); 18-29-6; 18-29-2(N)
Related Cases 163 W.VA. 1 S.E.2D 435 561, 327 S.E.2D 155; PETRY V KANAWHA COUNTY; BURDETTE V. SUMMERS COUNTY; SMOOT V. KANAWHA COUNTY; WILLIAMS V. ROANE
Keywords EVALUATION; DUE PROCESS; DISCIPLINARY LETTER; PERSONAL FILE; IMPARTIAL; EXECUTIVE; OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES
Intermediate Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Synopsis THE PRESENCE OF THE SUPT IN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION DURING THE DELIBERATION OF A GRIEVANCE BY THE BOE, WHEN THE SUPT REPRESENTED THE ADMINISTRATION AT THE LEVEL THREE HEARING, PROHIBITS THE GR FROM RECEIVING A FAIR AND IMPARTIAL HEARING. THE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE LETTER IN QUESTION AS PART OF THE EVALUATION PROCESS IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE TENOR OF THE LETTERS WHICH INDICATES THEM TO BE DISCIPLINARY IN NATURE; E.G., THE RECOMMENDATION FOR SUSPENSION AND DISMISSAL. THE UTILIZATION OF LETTERS REGARDING A TEACHER'S BEHAVIOR OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM AS PART OF THAT TEACHER'S EVALUATION SUBJECTS THAT TEACHER TO EVALUATION ABOVE THAT RECEIVED BY TEACHERS AS A GROUP.

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