Avila v. Board of Education

In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to review a determination terminating the petitioner’s employment as a teacher, the Board of Education of the North Babylon Union Free School District appeals from so much of a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Phelan, J.), dated October 16, 1996, as annulled its determination and directed it to reinstate the petitioner to a position as a tenured English teacher effective July 1, 1995, together with back pay and interest.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

On September 1, 1978, the petitioner was…