Legal Question in Employment Law in New York

Unspecified Alegations of Unprofessional Conduct-Meeting Compulsory?

I teach in a Diocesan Catholic school. My principal is demanding a meeting over the summer to discuss an unspecified allegation of unprefessional conduct. She hates me. She has not told me what it is nor who made the accusation. I suspect she is angry because I phoned her boss asking for a transfer. She also has never observed me teach. Do I have to attend a meeting on a non-school summer day? She knows I have a handicapped child and to attend a meeting in July creates a hardship. Nothing in my contract sya that I have to drive almost twenty miles to be there on a non-school day. Could I request that this meeting be held immediately before school in September-or that she mail the allegation in writing? I suspect she wants to fire me for trying to leave (I would not be the first). I also know she is paying some people off the books for lunch duty, etc. What can I do?


Asked on 6/21/03, 11:09 pm

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Stephen Loeb Law Office of Stephen R. Loeb

Re: Unspecified Alegations of Unprofessional Conduct-Meeting Compulsory?

Are you a member of a union? If so you should speak to your union rep. My inclination is that if there is nothing in your contract relating to summer obligations you do not need to appear, but without seeing your contract or the CBA I can't give you a definitive answer.

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Answered on 6/23/03, 10:32 am


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