Brewer v. Board of Education of Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District

OPINION OF THE COURT

The petitioner commenced this proceeding to, in effect, compel the appellant Board of Education of the Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District (board) to appoint petitioner to the full-time regular substitute position held by appellant Albertine Griffith. Special Term granted the petition. We disagree, and therefore reverse the judgment and dismiss the proceeding on the merits.

Petitioner was appointed by the appellant board as a full-time teacher of foreign languages at the junior high school level, effective September 1, 1970. On September 1, 1974, she acquired…