Coco v. School Committee of Boylston

The plaintiff is a tenured physical education teacher in the Boylston school system. On March 5, 1981, the superintendent of schools for the Boylston school district (the superintendent) informed the plaintiff that, due to a decrease in the number of students in the school system and the financial constraints created by Proposition 2Vi (St. 1980, c. 580), it would be necessary for him to recommend a reduction in the plaintiff’s teaching time from five to three days a week. At the time, there were two nontenured teachers holding positions in subject areas in which the plaintiff was certified.…