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Termination of Teacher for Failure to Control Special-Education Class to Which He Was Assigned After an Unblemished 18-Year Career Shocked the Court’s Sense of Fairness

The First Department, over a two-justice dissent, determined that the termination of a teacher shocked the court’s sense of fairness. The teacher had an unblemished 18-year record before being assigned to a special-education class.  Although the court agreed that the teacher’s inability to control the class had been demonstrated, the punishment was deemed too severe:

While we do not dispute the specific findings of the Hearing Officer concerning petitioner’s deficiencies in the management of this one special education class, we find that under the circumstances presented here the penalty of termination shocks our sense of fairness … . Matter of Russo v New York City Department of Educ, 2014 NY Slip Op 05032, 1st Dept 7-3-14

 

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