Maher v. King

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (McNamara, J.), entered June 1, 2012 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to annul respondent’s determination revoking petitioner’s teaching certificate.

Petitioner was employed as a high school teacher and held a state teaching certificate. A few months after she began teaching in the Hamilton Central School District, students complained to the administration about petitioner exhibiting favoritism towards certain male students and sending text messages to one male student. While…