Crystal v. Board of Education

This is a proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR article 78.

In May, 1975, in order to effectuate budgetary economies, respondent abolished the positions of "school nurse teacher” and "dental hygiene teacher”. The services of six school nurse teachers and one dental hygiene teacher ("the named teachers”), all tenured within their special, or "vertical”, tenure areas, were terminated effective June 30, 1975.

This petition is brought on behalf of the named teachers by *633the Long Beach Classroom Teachers Association. The thrust of this petition seeking reinstatement of the named teachers is that…