Tazewell County School Board v. Gillenwater

In this appeal, we consider whether a public school teacher’s “statement of grievance” constitutes a grievance as defined by Code § 22.1-306.

Doris Gillenwater is a teacher employed by the Tazewell County School Board to teach at Graham Intermediate School. In accordance with the School Board’s evaluation plan and procedures, Dr. Robert Brown, the principal of Graham Intermediate School, was required annually to evaluate teachers assigned to that school. In June 1988, Gillenwater filed an appeal of her performance evaluation as permitted by the School Board’s evaluation plan. She alleged that…