North Beach Education Ass'n v. North Beach School District No. 64

This case presents an appeal from the refusal of the Superior Court for Grays Harbor County to vacate an arbitrator's order and remand the complaint to the arbitrator for further proceedings. The arbitrator dismissed the North Beach Education Association's (NBEA) grievance against the North Beach School District (District) for lack of jurisdiction to enter an award. We hold that the arbitrator had jurisdiction to fashion a remedy (if the grievance was found valid) and therefore could have entered a ruling on the substantive merits of the grievance. Accordingly, we reverse the trial court and…