Pittman v. Board of Education

Petitioner requests order directing Board of Education to admit Darren Pittman to First Grade.

Petitioner (mother of 6-year-old-boy) claims her son was demoted to kindergarten because he had been a ‘1 disciplinary problem ”, had been “ disruptive ” in class. Petitioner claims that this determination, (demotion to kindergarten), was arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable, and in violation of Fourteenth Amendment of United States Constitution, section 6 of article I of the New York Constitution, and of the New York Education Law (§ 3214, subd. 6).

Respondent Board of Education contends that Mary…