Linfield v. Nyquist

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered February 14, 1977 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, seeking to annul a determination made by the Commissioner of Education of the State of New York. Petitioner, a tenured teacher, had charges of incompetent and inefficient service preferred against her. A hearing was held on the specific charges that petitioner failed to properly maintain and control the discipline of her class, that she employed improper and unsatisfactory teaching techniques, and that…