Syracuse Legal, 1982-1983

List of inquiries fielded to legal staff in 1982; materials re 3020a charges against a teacher at Liverpool school district, July 1983; legal memo and related materials re tenure question at North Syracuse Central School District, July 1 and September 1983; Improper Practice charges against various districts; collective bargaining agreement between Liverpool Central School District and United Liverpool Faculty Association, 1982-84, outlining grievance procedure, with memo re possible contract violation in arbitrating a case for a non-member, noting serious union security implications, December 20, 1983; correspondence with PERB re Employee Application for Designation of Persons as Managerial or Confidential by Phoenix Central School District, January-December 1983; materials re possible Commissioner's Appeal for part-time teacher in Canastota, December 15; materials re possible violation of Commissioner's Regulations re teaching load at Port Byron district, November 1983; memo re right to position at Onondaga-Madison BOCES, October 11, 1983; related seniority issue, May 17; correspondence re attorney's claim for payment in case of Heinrich v. Marcellus Central School District, 1981- September 1983; notice of petition for stay of arbitration in Onondaga Community College case, August 1983; related materials, April; notice of petition to confirm award of arbitrator by Liverpool Central School District, memo noting that local had not planned to appeal award, July 1983; materials re 3020a case against a Weedsport teacher for incompetence, June 1983; Memorandum of Understanding between the Hannibal Central School District and the Hannibal Faculty Association re health insurance buy-out encouraging withdrawal from the insurance plan, provisions for couples, with cover memo requesting close scrutiny, March 17, 1983; materials re refusal of Auburn City School District to provide personnel files to state Human Rights Division in sex discrimination case, efforts to discredit union, March 1983; materials re Onondaga Central School District's intention to subcontract out its transportation system, demand by union to negotiate decision, February 1983; request for review and advice re Jamesville-DeWitt district's creation of a full-time rotating substitute teacher, question of whether position was entitled to probationary status, February 1983; materials re possible violation of teacher's preferred eligibility rights, Phoenix school district, February 1983; memos re Liverpool Middle School tenure case, December 1982; memo re Teachers' Retirement System Convention reimbursement for delegate expenses, inability to sue district, November 1982; chronology of events re suspension of bus driver in LaFayette district, appeal to Civil Service Commissioner, request for enforcement, November 1982; memos re involuntary reduction in credited work time for teacher at Onondaga-Madison BOCES, September-October 1982; memos re tenure/seniority questions arising from the creation of two new positions in the Cazenovia school district, September 1982; request for legal advice re Canastota district's intention to move from state health insurance plan to self-funded insurance, September 1982; memo re demand from teacher for legal assistance from North Syracuse Education Association in defending 3020a charges, despite her never having joined the union, threat of liability for breach of duty of fair representation, August 1982; materials re retaliation (demotion) by Onondaga-Madison BOCES against tenured speech pathologist who complained about program for the deaf to State Education Department's office for handicapped services, July 1982; materials re tenure status of Liverpool teacher, March 1982; materials re pursuit of stay of arbitration (Solvay) or vacating awards (Oswego), March 1982; legal memo discussing Auburn and general school districts' budget and financial audit and control procedures, with attached document from State Education Department re contingency budgets, February-March 1982; request to NYSUT president Tom Hobart from Onondaga Community College Federation of Teachers to pursue injunction against college's elimination of drama department, reply from Hobart that other avenues must be exhausted, irreparable harm could not be proved, January 1982; request for legal review for Oswego Teachers Association re school nurse teachers, hiring of RNs instead, with attached arbitration decision, January 1982; correspondence and legal documents re Marcellus High School seniority issue, reduction from full-time to part-time, January 1982