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State designee approves personnel actions after employees and union object to short or unclear notice
Summary
At a May 1 special meeting, a state designee approved personnel actions for three Upshur County Schools employees after the employees and the West Virginia Professional Educators raised procedural objections about short or unclear notice and typographical errors in termination/transfer notices.
A state designee for the West Virginia superintendent approved proposed personnel actions affecting three Upshur County Schools employees at a May 1 special meeting called to correct a procedural oversight, after employees and their union argued they had received insufficient or unclear notice of the hearings.
Jeff Kelly, associate superintendent with the West Virginia Department of Education, told the board he was serving as the designee for State Superintendent Michelle Blatt and that, under the state intervention declared June 14, 2023, final determinations on the staffing actions are to be made by the superintendent or her designees. "As the designee for Michelle Blatt ... I hereby approve the proposed personnel actions presented by Superintendent Miller," Kelly said, concluding the personnel hearings.
The special…
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