In re the Arbitration between City School District & Poughkeepsie Public School Teachers Ass'n

In the somewhat unusual circumstances of this case we hold that parallel procedures, each designed to challenge the refusal of a school district to appoint a teacher to a specified position, may go forward concurrently ■ — • the one, appeal to the Commissioner of Education at the instance of the teacher, and the other, resort to contract grievance procedures, including arbitration, at the instance of the union.

In December, 1970 the Board of Education of the City School District of the City of Poughkeepsie entered into a collective bargaining agreement with the Poughkeepsie Public School…