Legal Opinion
Turner v. School Committee
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided September 20, 1996No. 95-P-388PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
On or about June 7, 1994, John Raffa, principal of the Riverdale School in Dedham, notified Pauline M. Turner, a teacher at the school, that she was being laid off as part of a reduction in force due to budgetary reasons.
At the time of her lay-off, Turner, according to her complaint, was a teacher with professional teacher status under the Education Reform Act of 1993 (ERA).2 General Laws *355c. 71, § 42, states, in relevant part: “[n]o teacher with professional teacher status shall be laid off pursuant to a reduction in force or reorganization if there is a teacher without such status for whose…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Board of Education v. Assessor of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- McNeil v. Commissioner of CorrectionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Farrington v. School Committee of CambridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Haskell v. School Committee of FraminghamMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1984
- Whittier Regional School Committee v. Labor Relations CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
3Cited by6 opinions
- Lyons v. School CommitteeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
- School Committee v. CoelhoMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1998
- Ballotte v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2001
- Plymouth Public Schools v. Education Association of Plymouth & CarverMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2016
- Gimas v. BialyMassachusetts Superior Court · 2008
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