Lucia v. Board of Education

In a proceeding pursuant to CELR article 75 to vacate an arbitration award dated January 7, 2011, made in connection with a compulsory arbitration pursuant to Education Law § 3020-a, which, after a hearing, sustained a charge of miscon*546duct against the petitioner and imposed a fine against the petitioner in the sum of $1,000, the petitioner appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (DeStefano, J.), dated July 1, 2011, which denied the petition.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the petition is granted.

During the 2006-2007 school year, the Board of…