Levy v. Board of Education

—In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to compel the respondent Board of Education of the Freeport Union Free School District to reinstate the petitioner to the position of Coordinator of English Language Arts/Reading, the petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (O’Connell, J.), dated June 15, 1999, which denied the petition and dismissed the proceeding.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

Although a teacher seeking reinstatement need not be tenured in the area of the vacant position, the vacant position must be similar to the teacher’s former…