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First Name Melinda
Last Name Tharp
Decision Date 4/6/2026
Docket Number 2026-0532-RanED
ALJ BTC
Respondent Randolph County Board of Education
Employment Type MISC
Job Title Substitute Teacher
Topics Dismissal Jurisdiction
Primary Issues Whether the Grievance Board has jurisdiction to hear the grievance of an empoyee protesting the actions of a respondent board of education's actions relating to her son?
Outcome Dismissed
Statutes W.VA. CODE ST. R. § 156-1-6.2, W.VA. CODE ST. R. § 156-1-6.19.3, W. VA. CODE § 6C-2-1(a)
Related Cases Syl. Pt. 4, McDaniel v. W. Va. Div. of Labor, 214 W. Va. 719, 591 S.E.2d 277 (2003) (citing Syl. Pt. 3, Mountaineer Disposal Service, Inc. v. Dyer, 156 W. Va. 766, 197 S.E.2d 111 (1973));
Keywords Jurisdiction, Employee, Citizen
Intermediate Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Synopsis Grievant filed a grievance against the Randolph County Board of Education protesting actions relating to her son taken by the Barbour County Board of Education. Although Grievant is an employee, she is not seeking to resolve an employment grievance; she is a citizen protesting actions taken by a county board of education relating to her son. The Grievance Board lacks jurisdiction in this matter. Accordingly, the grievance must be dismissed.

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