Utica Legal, 1982-1983

List of inquiries fielded to legal staff in 1982; memo re bureaucratic mix-up by State Education Department in issuing permanent certification to teacher in Stratford school district, realization by SED of mistake 7 years later and subsequent demand to return it, ensuing legal battle, December 1, 1983; request for legal review of termination of term substitute teacher at Frankfort-Schuyler district, dispute over right to 30-day's pay, November 1983; memo re Westmoreland district's intention to pull out of statewide health insurance plan, with attached contract language for teachers and for non-instructional employees, September 30; materials re layoff of two tenured teachers at Herkimer district, July 1983; Improper Practice charges at various districts; memo re proposal by Civil Service Department to amend Civil Service Law to allow appointing one of top three on eligibility list, which NYSUT would oppose, March 1983; list and text of legal citations requested by regional staff director Vinnie Grove, January 1983; letter from member thanking NYSUT for help after being fired, with cover memo from Vinnie Grove asking whether the letter should be published in New York Teacher, January 1983; materials re dismissal of a probationary teacher in the Adirondack Central School District, July 1982; memo re intention of Cherry Valley school district to pull out of statewide health insurance plan in favor of self- insurance, possible contract violation, May 1982; materials re teacher of emotionally disturbed children at Madison/Oneida BOCES who was told that she was being recommended for termination two months after receiving tenure, and after being severely assaulted by a student, May 1982; materials re bus driver, also working nights as custodian, fired from both positions without notice by Oriskany school district, April 1982; request for legal review of first-aid standing orders at St. Johnsville Central School District in the absence of the school nurse, April 1982; correspondence and minutes of St. Johnsville Central School Board meeting re reinstatement of teacher believed to have been improperly terminated, January-February 1982; request for legal assistance for two teachers terminated by the Utica City School System, January 1982