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First Name LENA
Last Name JONES
Decision Date 11/30/1989
Docket Number 89-45-524
ALJ NK
Respondent SUMMERS COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
Employment Type PROF
Job Title TEACHER
Topics PAY DISPUTE
Primary Issues Docked pay for three days for field trip
Outcome GRANTED THREE DAYS PAY
Statutes 18A-4-16;18A-2-9
Related Cases
Keywords ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS
Intermediate Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Synopsis GRIEVANT IS EMPLOYED AS A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER AND ALLEGES HER PAY HAD BEEN IMPROPERLY DOCKED THREE DAYS WHILE SHE AND ACCOMPANIED AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SIXTH GRADE CLASS ON AN OUT-OF-STATE FIELD TRIP. DECISION: GRANTED. GRIEVANT OBTAINED HER PRINCIPAL'S PRIOR PERMISSION ON THE MATTER, BUT HE NEGLECTED TO SECURE HIS SUPERVISOR'S APPROVAL. RESPONDENT HOWEVER, ACTED ARBITRARILY WHEN IT PAID ONE NON-SIXTH GRADE TEACHER WHO ATTENDED THE FIELD TRIP BUT NOT GRIEVANT.

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