Full-Time Employment, No Matter How It Is Labeled, Counted Toward Teacher Seniority.
In a full-fledged opinion by Justice Peradotto, the Fourth Department determined that a teacher, for seniority purposes, deserved credit for the entire period during which she taught full-time, no matter how the type of employment was labeled (per diem, substitute, probationary, etc.). Although the teacher technically was asked to “resign” until she passed a particular exam, the fact that she continued to work full-time under in a different employee-category was determinative. Matter of Alessi vs Board of Education, Wilson School District, et al, 1380, CA 12-0119 Fourth Dept. 2-8-13