Saturday, June 21, 2008
Court: KJ school district was wrong to fire teacher without hearing
The Kiryas Joel School District must reinstate a fired teacher and give him back pay with interest, a state appeals court ruled on Friday.
The Appellate Division of the state Supreme Court said that Supreme Court Justice John K. McGuirk was correct in 2007 when he ordered the school district to reinstate the teacher, Robert Pollock.
McGuirk, who hears cases in Goshen, found that the district violated Pollock’s rights under state Education Law by firing him in 2003 without bringing charges or holding a disciplinary hearing. The district appealed McGuirk’s ruling to the Appellate Division. Friday’s unanimous ruling by a four-judge panel upheld McGuirk and sent the case back to him to decide how much back pay Pollock is entitled to receive from the district.
The Kiryas Joel School District serves special education students in a village whose 20,000 residents are nearly all Satmar Hasidic Jews. Children who don’t require special education attend privately funded religious schools.
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080621/NEWS/80620040
The Appellate Division of the state Supreme Court said that Supreme Court Justice John K. McGuirk was correct in 2007 when he ordered the school district to reinstate the teacher, Robert Pollock.
McGuirk, who hears cases in Goshen, found that the district violated Pollock’s rights under state Education Law by firing him in 2003 without bringing charges or holding a disciplinary hearing. The district appealed McGuirk’s ruling to the Appellate Division. Friday’s unanimous ruling by a four-judge panel upheld McGuirk and sent the case back to him to decide how much back pay Pollock is entitled to receive from the district.
The Kiryas Joel School District serves special education students in a village whose 20,000 residents are nearly all Satmar Hasidic Jews. Children who don’t require special education attend privately funded religious schools.
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080621/NEWS/80620040
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