Ordered that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the matter is remitted to the appellants for the imposition of a penalty less than termination.
In light of, among other things, the petitioner's otherwise unblemished 12-year record as a teacher, the penalty of termination of employment was so disproportionate to the offense as to be shocking to one's sense of fairness (see Matter of Hegarty v Board of...
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