Swike v. Ambach

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court at Special Term (Hughes, J.), entered October 1, 1980 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to set aside a determination of the Commissioner of Education which dismissed petitioner as a tenured teacher. Petitioner, a tenured teacher in the Hauppauge School District, was charged in 29 charges, with incompetence, neglect of duty, conduct unbecoming a teacher, insubordination and inefficiency. After a hearing pursuant to section 3020-a of the Education Law, some of the charges were…