SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF MARSHFIELD v. MARSHFIELD EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

No. 12-P-1737.

84 Mass. App. Ct. 743 (2014)

SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF MARSHFIELD v. MARSHFIELD EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

January 28, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Toomey ( Tami L. Fay with him) for the plaintiff.

John M. Becker for the defendant.

Stephen J. Finnegan , for Massachusetts Association of School Committees, Inc., amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Michael J. Long , for Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: KAFKER, VUONO, & CARHART, JJ.


KAFKER, J.

Review of the arbitration award here requires us to examine the teacher licensing and termination provisions in the Education Reform Act of 1994, St. 1993, c. 71, as well as various provisions in a collective bargaining agreement, and explain their interrelationship. Gerard O'Sullivan was employed as a teacher by the Marshfield public school district (district) for almost eight years. O'Sullivan was terminated in 2008 when the school committee of Marshfield...

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