United Federation of Teachers, Local 2 v. Board of Education of the City School District

OPINION OF THE COURT

Friedman, J.

This appeal involves a school principal’s selection from among his school’s qualified staff of six teachers to fill positions in an after-school instructional help program, which is known as “per session” employment. A teacher who unsuccessfully applied for a position in the program filed a grievance, which ultimately resulted in the rendering of an arbitration award directing that the grievant be given such a position. The question now presented is whether the selection the principal made, based on his professional judgment that the teachers selected were…