Ablondi v. Commissioner of Education

On April 1, 1975, respondent Nanuet School District abolished four and one-half teaching positions in the elementary tenure area, i.e., kindergarten through sixth grade, effective June 30, 1975. As a result, petitioner’s services as a sixth grade teacher which he had performed on probationary status for the 1973-74 and 1974-75 school years, were terminated, and he was placed on a preferred eligible list for reinstatement. In contrast, the intervenor-respondent, Martha Magner, was determined to be a tenured teacher with more seniority than petitioner because she had been continuously employed…