Cohen v. Emerson Board of Education

The opinion of the court was delivered by

DREIER, J.A.D.

Petitioner, Erica A. Cohen, has appealed from a decision of the State Board of Education determining that intervenor, Suzanne Carter, held seniority over petitioner in the position of secondary school speech correctionist in the respondent Emerson Board of Education school district. Carter and the school district have cross-appealed from certain seniority determinations in the event the particular points urged by petitioner result in a significant correction of her seniority.

Petitioner was reduced from a half-time elementary speech…