State Ex Rel. Melchiori v. Board of Education

WORKMAN, Justice:

The Marshall County Board of Education (“Board”) appeals from a decision of the Circuit Court of Marshall County holding that Jeanne Melchiori, Appellee, could not be transferred as the result of a reduction in force to a teaching position for which she was certified but had never been employed to teach. Our examination of the reduction in force statute, West Virginia Code § 18A-4-7a (Supp.1992), compels us to conclude that county boards of education should consider the amount of teaching experience the employee has in a particular field prior to making reassignments. Because…