Dreyfuss v. Board of Education of Union Free School District No. 3

A public school teacher who is .permitted a year’s leave of absence without pay may be concerned about *480■seniority rights during his absence. His concern may be shared by teachers staying on duty with expectations of moving up in employment entitlement. And, the school is often caught in between. So arises this case between Roger Dreyfuss, the stay-at-home French teacher, the Board of Education of Union Free School District No. 3, Town of Huntington, and Melvin Kerman, the French teacher who went abroad to teach for a year. The board gave Kerman seniority credit for his fateful year, enabling…