Whitley v. Canton City School District Board of Education

Our decision in this case turns upon interpretation of the collective bargaining agreement under which the parties are bound. The board has asserted three grounds in support of summary judgment: (1) the RIF provisions in the agreement only apply to areas in which the employee was certified at the time of layoff, (2) Whitley was not certified in elementary education at the time of hiring for the 1984-1985 school year, and (3) Whitley did not have “reasonable qualifications and experience equal” to the teachers hired over him. We find that the asserted grounds do not support summary judgment…