Berk v. Director of the Division of Employment Security

This appeal challenges the decision of the board of review (board) of the Division of Employment Security denying unemployment benefits to the plaintiff. The decision was affirmed by a District Court judge, and, pursuant to G. L. c. 151A, § 42, came here for direct review with a report from that court. We affirm.

We summarize the board’s findings of fact.2 The plaintiff was hired as a master teacher at the University Day School, a facility operated by the Early Childhood Education Department of the University of Massachusetts. The facility provides educational services for approximately twenty…