Suffolk Regional Office Legal File, 1986

Correspondence re teacher who had been laid off from Commack School District, then relocated to Vermont, then was recalled six years later but had since retired, question of whether he was still eligible for recall, August-September; letter re teacher who wanted to return to work after a long period of sick leave/disability following an automobile accident, July 10; state Supreme Court decision upholding PERB decision for Suffolk County Community College, with cover memo to Jim Conti re appeal, February; memo from field representative to legal staff re teacher at Elwood district whose appointment as probationary teacher was changed retroactively to permanent substitute, question of rights, seniority accrual, March 6; memo from field representative to legal staff re teachers at West Islip who had been serving as long-term substitutes, now filing a grievance and complaint of age discrimination with Human Rights Division, March 5; memos re policy at Brentwood district requiring teachers to use their private vehicles to transport sick students to doctor or home, question of liability for accidents, charges of molestation, need for written legal opinion, February; memo re failure to be recalled to a vacancy for teacher at Kings Park district, February 5; question of seniority for teacher at Cold Spring Harbor district, January 23; request for legal assistance for teacher at Three Villages district, convicted of 25 felony counts of forgery and grand larceny, January 22; memo re tenured Northport physical education teacher believed by district to have forged education credentials, January 16; memo re teacher at Port Jefferson School District facing possible lawsuit by parents of student whom she drove to her home upon finding no one home at student's residence, March 20; memo re million-dollar civil suit being filed against Central Islip school district and teacher who pled guilty to misdemeanor for striking a student, March 19; memo re teacher who had not been working but drawing full salary and benefits for nearly ten years following an injury from an assault by a parent, attempts by Sayville school district to compel him to return to work, settlement offer re resignation, taking disability retirement, March 26; memo re 3020a charges against teacher at Middle Island district, April 14; memo re teacher at Elwood school district whose application for disability leave was processed incorrectly as disability retirement, embarrassment at narrow reappointment vote by school board, position that vote was unnecessary and inappropriate, May 1; memo re change in job title of certified social worker to peer counselor at Three Villages district, appointment as temporary rather than probationary, April 30; memo re discovery by Commack business teacher that his classes were being surreptitiously taped by a student, question of legal recourse, May 23; question of whether teaching assignment in reading subject area would jeopardize tenure of certified language arts teacher at Half Hollow Hills district, May 14; memo re recurring problem at BOCES II district, excessing occupational education teachers who are qualified to teach in related subject areas, June 18; memo re three teachers who believed that they were not rehired by Port Jefferson district because of political scapegoating or status as recovering alcoholic, possible contract violation, May 16; letter from teacher at Smithtown High School with questions re tenure if assigned to teach junior high, May 22; memo re teacher at Three Villages school district who should have been given a probationary instead of a temporary appointment, May 16; memo re teacher from South Huntington district who wanted to talk to a lawyer before getting a note from his doctor that he would not be able to work for at least a semester because of a heart condition, June 6; memo re recall rights of secondary school teacher also certified as an elementary school teacher, facing layoff at Hauppauge district, June 19; memo re two teachers at South Huntington district whose use of personal days off was being investigated by school district following anonymous note, issue of violation of rights, June 6; request for legal opinion re special education teacher at BOCES I Suffolk who had been granted a year's unpaid leave for professional growth but wanted to rescind it or work elsewhere, question of whether district could refuse to allow her to work while on unpaid leave, June 23; request for legal opinion re policy at BOCES 2 (NYSUT Local 3037, Patchogue), not giving credit for authorship of any academic publication or computer software developed by teachers in the course of employment, claim that policy undermines creativity, motivation to excel, academic freedom, June 9; age discrimination charge against NYSUT local with the Division of Human Rights by former teacher at Dowling College, June 13, and related correspondence; memo re possible retaliatory change in summer assignment of local union president by school superintendent after objection to change in class size at Babylon district, July 16; memo re possible litigation on behalf of United Aides of Huntington, who had not been informed of their right to join the State Employees' Retirement System, need to reclassify them under Civil Service, July 16; memo re seniority matter for teacher at Hauppauge High School, July 1; correspondence re complex seniority issue re teacher at Lindenhurst district whose one-year leave had initially been denied but later retroactively granted, with effects years later on teachers with less seniority who would be excessed, union's position, June; memo re East Moriches district's use of teacher assistants instead of teachers for reading, June 27; request for legal representation for teacher at Three Villages district who had been convicted of grand larceny and was facing possible revocation of teaching license through hearing re substantial question as to moral character, June 27; memo requesting legal assistance for Elwood teacher aide attempting to obtain earlier retirement credit for service, July 24; memo requesting meeting with NYSUT attorney over letter of reprimand received by teacher who was turned down for principal position and wrote a letter to the editor criticizing West Babylon Board of Education, August 13; memo re appointment history of teacher at Cold Spring Harbor district, question of seniority, August 13; appeal in Supreme Court Appellate Division in the matter of Patchogue-Medford Congress of Teachers v. Board of Education of the Patchogue-Medford Union Free School District, re mandatory drug testing of probationary teachers eligible for tenure, August 11, 1986; memo re tenure process at Half Hollow Hills district, September 9; memo re recall rights of teacher for job opening at computer center in BOCES 3 district, September 16; memo re possible arbitration over discontinuation of a contract clause providing medical and dental coverage for retired teachers at Three Villages school district, September 9; question re seniority credit procedure for half-day kindergarten at Kings Park school district, September 3; memo discussing coach who resigned after throwing a party for the team at which alcohol was consumed by students, later recalled but subject to campaign to have her removed by school board member with a personal interest in obtaining her job for her own daughter, Commack district, September 19; newspaper clipping of Newsday article, "Drug Testing Ruled Out for Tenure," August 12, 1986; question as to whether Laurel school district was obligated to pay hospitalization for retired teachers, September 5; memo re contract language allowing corporal punishment at Port Jefferson Station, September 10; question of whether a teacher who takes sick time off and is docked pay also loses seniority, Hauppauge district, September 24; questions re proposal to change the mission of Dowling College and expand its campus to Puerto Rico, September 9; question re separate tenure accumulations of teacher at Smithtown High School and Junior High, October 16; memo re stay of arbitration in coaching issue at Riverhead school district, October 20; question of whether lay teachers can be paid to teach religious instruction with public funds, Madonna Heights Services, October 17; meeting re legal appointment with president of Suffolk Child Development Center Teachers Association re center's use of pension funds for unrelated matters, October 21; memo re disability retirement agreement (attached) between teacher and Sayville School District, dispute over option offsetting lump-sum payment, October 17; memo re teacher at Center Moriches district who indicated that he was totally disabled following a year leave of absence without pay, dispute over requirement for medical exam, November 5; memo reviewing appointment history of teacher at Three Villages district, question of tenure area, November 4; memo re ability of parochial school principal in Sayville district to assign nurse-teachers, with attached letter from St. Lawrence School, November 13; request for 3020a hearing by teacher at Port Jefferson school district to defend charges of insubordination, neglect of duty, and conduct unbecoming a teacher, with cover memo to NYSUT legal office, October 29; memo re teacher, also a coach, who discovered that the West Islip school district had stopped paying into his retirement system, claiming he was only a casual employee, December 10; question of planned retirement after ten years of teaching by teacher at Tuckahoe school district, potential refusal by district to consider him eligible for retirement benefits, December 9; memo and transcript of conversation with teacher at Sayville High School re alleged improper relationship with one or more students, December 9; memos re seniority issues for occupational education teachers at BOCES II, facing declining enrollment, December 8; letter to NYSUT general counsel James Sandner re teacher in North Babylon School District re arbitration over status as long-term substitute vs. per diem substitute, December 19; memo re teacher in West Islip who was reassigned as a permanent substitute following a medical leave, December 19; memo re grievance claiming misplacement on the salary schedule, question of probationary or permanent status, Amityville, December 18; memo re teacher suspended with pay following long leave of absence, allegations by student, dismissal hearing, Middle Country Central School, November 21; memo re seniority question involving mistake in appointment of teacher at Elwood school district, resulting in slightly more seniority for teacher, now in dispute over excessing with another teacher, November 29; memo re possible discharge of a tenured instructor at Suffolk Community College, suspended with pay, grievance, November 20; memo re sudden dismissal of a professor at Dowling College upon discovery that he submitted an incorrect transcript that indicated he had a Ph.D., need for injunction to continue pay, block rescinding of contract, March 6, 1987; memo suggesting consolidation of two part-time jobs into one full-time at BOCES involving job development for students, March 17, 1987; memo re complaint by teacher at South Huntington district that contract did not allow utilization of sick days left over from prior year, giving less benefit than required under Education Law, March 18, 1987; question re teacher at BOCES 3 whose full-time position had been reduced to half-time, three months after which, the teacher resigned, later asked back as half-time teacher, returned and then later informed that the position would be eliminated for full-time position, for which he would not be rehired, June 16, 1987; tenure questions re occupational and special education teachers at Rocky Point and BOCES 3, June 16, 1987