Box 22

Legal briefs

Correspondence re medical leave without pay for teacher, 1976-80; correspondence re retirement credit, 1991; unrelated correspondence re grievances, 1991

Correspondence re sick days

Statements by teacher re allegations of racism for casual remarks to student that included a reference to his race; letter of suspension; 3020-a hearing charges including misconduct and incompetence; panel decision acquitting teacher of charges

Public Employment Relations Board decision and order in Wappingers Central School District (charging party) and Wappingers Congress of Teachers/NYSUT/AFT (respondent) re WCT failure to negotiate in good faith by publishing a cartoon in the WTC Commentator newsletter critical of Board of Education; Improper Practice Charge by district re cartoon; related materials, including reference to student newspaper faculty advisor, brought up on 3020-a disciplinary charges

Demand for negotiation of change in working conditions (inclusion program); related memo from WCT president to NYSUT labor relations specialist/field representative Fran Wolf

Legal opinion of attorney for Wappingers school district re confidentiality of student information under FERPA, obligation or prohibition of certain school employees to inform parents of students under age 18 of pregnancy and/or intent to obtain an abortion; request to NYSUT by WCT for legal review

Requests for NYSUT legal reviews of various issues by Wappingers Congress of Teachers; complaint from NYSUT labor relations specialist Fran Wolf to NYSUT Mid-Hudson Regional Director Jan Conti that WCT president Ron Warman was requesting too many legal reviews; information about district counsel Victor Yannacone

11/7. Letter from NYSUT labor relations specialist Fran Wolf to Wappingers district superintendent and attorney re outstanding issues re occupational therapist, physical therapist, and assistant positions; handwritten notes

Correspondence between WCT president and retired teacher re possible health insurance benefits