Legal Opinion
Gettinger v. Putnam/Northern Westchester Board of Cooperative Educational Services
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 26, 1990PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
The petitioner has been employed by the respondent Putnam/Northern Westchester Board of Cooperative Educational Services (hereinafter BOCES) as a tenured teacher of health services since 1976. In 1988, due to declining student enrollment for the 1988-1989 school year, BOCES determined that it would require 2.0 less units of staffing for its health occupations cluster. It first laid off one full-time teacher and one half-time teacher having the least seniority in that tenure area. Upon reaching the petitioner on the seniority list, BOCES reduced her position from full time to half time to…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Cole v. Board of EducationAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- Matter of Cole v. Bd. of Educ., S. Huntington Union Free Sch. Dist.New York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Abrams v. AmbachAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1974
- Board of Education of Pleasantville Union Free School District v. AmbachAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
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