MATTER OF FORD v. BOARD OF EDUC. OF THE CITY SCH. DIST. OF THE CITY OF N.Y.

100062/18. Appeal No. 12284. Case No. 2019-2696.

188 A.D.3d 415 (2020)

131 N.Y.S.3d 859

2020 NY Slip Op 06349

In the Matter of Brian Ford, Respondent, v. Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York et al., Appellants.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided November 5, 2020.


We do not find the penalty of termination of petitioner's employment as a teacher shocking to one's sense of fairness (see Matter of Pell v Board of Educ. of Union Free School Dist. No. 1 of Towns of Scarsdale & Mamaroneck, Westchester County, 34 N.Y.2d 222, 233 [1974]), given the evidence of petitioner's pedagogical shortcomings, documented by supervisors and a peer evaluator, and his lack of improvement during two school years...

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