72 A.D.2d 907 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1979
Order unanimously affirmed, with costs. Memorandum: On August 15, 1977, just prior to the September commencement of the school year, the Director of Physical Education and Athletics at Liverpool Central School sent notice to the coaches specifying the dates that practice sessions for all the girls and boys fall sports teams would begin. All were to begin practice before school opened. As a a result, a grievance was filed based on the fact that the collective bargaining agreement between the school district and the teachers association specified that the teacher work year did not begin until September 6, 1977. The grievance proceeded through the first three stages without resolution and in March, 1978 the respondent associa