In re the Arbitration between Union Free School District No. 2 & Queensbury Faculty Ass'n

This is a motion pursuant to CPLR 7511 to vacate an arbitrator’s award.

George J. Smith, an art teacher and a member of the respondent association, was first employed by the petitioner school in the 1961-1962 academic year. He claims and has continued to claim that he is now being employed on the wrong salary step because his starting salary in 1961-1962 was incorrect, being one step lower than it should have been. Though he was advanced annually as agreed by the parties, he claims he still should be advanced by one salary step higher than he now enjoys. Prior to the present proceedings, Smith…