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First Name ROBERT
Last Name SLONE, ET AL.
Decision Date 5/26/1988
Docket Number 40-87-296-1
ALJ NK
Respondent PUTNAM COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
Employment Type PROF
Job Title TEACHERS AND LIBRARIAN
Topics DUTIES OF PRINCIPAL; FAVORITISM
Primary Issues Fixed duty assignment; transportation time
Outcome DENIED
Statutes 18A-2-9, 18A-4-14(2)
Related Cases MILLER AND HAMSTEAD V BERKELEY CBOE
Keywords PLANNING; DUTY FREE; LUNCH; TRAVEL
Intermediate Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Synopsis GRS PROTEST MATTERS RELATING TO PLANNING TIME, ASSIGNMENT OF EXTRA DUTIES AND A DUTY FREE LUNCH PERIOD AND ALLEGE THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION HAS SHOWN FAVORITISM WITH INEQUITABLE ASSIGNMENTS AND SCHEDULING. DECISION: A FIXED DUTY ASSIGNMENT IS REASONABLE WHEN ROTATING DUTY SYSTEMS HAVE FAILED IN THE PAST AND TEACHERS ARE ALLOWED TO FREELY TRADE THEIR ASSIGNMENTS UPON NOTIFICATION TO PROPER SCHOOL OFFICIALS. GRIEVANTS CITED NO LAW, POLICY OR PRACTICE TO SUPPORT THEIR POSITION THAT A LUNCH RECESS BETWEEN 1:10 AND 1:40 IS UNTIMELY OR THAT TRANSPORTATION TIME MUST BE PROVIDED TO NAVIGATE TO AN EATING ARE WHEN THE LONGEST TRANSPORTATION TIME COMPLAINED OF WAS ONLY THREE MINUTES. A SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IS GIVEN THE AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY TO MANAGE THE OPERATION OF THE ASSIGNED SCHOOL.

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