Utica Legal Correspondence, 1984

Request for legal assistance for special education teacher at Herkimer BOCES re tenure; letter from Mohawk Valley Community College Professional Association president to NYSUT president Tom Hobart, expressing dissatisfaction with NYSUT general counsel Bernard Ashe for declining to take appeal of case; memo re appeal to Commissioner re abolition of full-time dental hygienist positions in Utica City School District; state Supreme Court order denying grievance by music teacher against (Herkimer) Poland Central School District over part-time status, shift assignments; 3020a case in Richfield Springs; case of unsuccessful 3020a charges in Oriskany School District, reassignment of teacher to study hall from physical education "for safety of students," according to district, question of whether assignment was in effect disciplinary; request by the Mohawk Valley Community College Professional Association for legal assistance in pursuing Freedom of Information request re school district's finances for 1981-83; material re teacher at Auburn High School who swore at former school board president, was reprimanded, then sued school board members and superintendent; memo re improper denial of tenure in Oriskany Falls district; material re promotion dispute at Herkimer County Community College; Improper Practice charges