Suffolk Legal, 1985

Material re arbitration in termination case by William Floyd United Teachers re Nancy Barton; memo and earlier correspondence outlining areas of concern to be discussed at meeting with NYSUT legal counsel by teachers from Elwood school district re forcing teacher to change a grade to zero for student cheating on test, also questions of seniority and the excess list; memo re EEOC complaint against United Teachers of Harborfields re age discrimination in negotiated retirement incentive; notice of claim and related memo re seniority list, recall rights at Kings Park school district; letter from field representative to legal staff re Lindenhurst teacher in dispute over reimbursing shortfall of $117 to Honor Society because of poor fundraising said to be his fault, previous record in personnel file of minor non-teaching infractions; correspondence between Westhampton Beach Secretaries Association, the Superintendent of Schools, and NYSUT field representative re ability and liability of secretaries to care for sick children in absence of school nurses, written policy on administration of medications; affidavit in NY Supreme Court in support of order to show cause on motion for preliminary injunction with temporary restraining order in the matter of Port Jefferson Station Teachers Association v. Board of Education, Brookhaven-Comsewogue Union Free School District, re unilaterally altering collective bargaining agreement re terms and conditions of employment; memo re Kings Park teacher denied disability retirement; memos re complex seniority issue at Huntington re tenure-area appointments; 3020a case at BOCES II-Suffolk involving 38 charges of incompetency and related problems; 3020a cases in East Islip and West Babylon re absenteeism; letter to Patchogue-Medford Congress of Teachers president re drug testing; material re Smithtown arbitration between BOCES 3 Faculty Association and BOCES 3, denying grievance re preferred eligibility list, three excessed teachers; correspondence re longstanding lawsuit over retirement credit in Amityville, request for help in expediting resolution; memo re seniority, question of whether special appointments count toward accrual, with attached case law citations (Bayport/Blue Point Teachers Association); materials re 3020a case (inappropriate remarks and physical contact), including handwritten answers by teacher, Bay Shore school district; memo re Selden Junior High School teacher believed to be suicidal, confronted by team of psychologists for two hours in principal's office, forcibly detained and escorted by police for involuntary admission to hospital, then told not to return to teaching until he arranged ongoing treatment, question of violation of rights; extensive materials re arbitration award re terminal leave pay, North Babylon Teachers Organization, including timeline of events, memos re political and personal issues with arbitrator, October 1984-February 1985; memo re case involving challenge to policy, upheld by U.S. Supreme Court decisions, allowing school districts to compel teachers to display Christmas trees in their classrooms, plans for involvement by American Civil Liberties Union, January 7