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In the Matter of
Carl P. Paladino 295Main Street, Suite 210 Buffalo, New York 14203 Petitioner, -vs-
VERIFIED PETMON
Dr. Barbara Seals-Nevergold as Board President and Member-at-Lar ge Buffalo Board of Education Buffalo Public Schools 7LZ City Hall Buffalo, New York 1,4202 Respondent
Pursuant to Section 306 of the Education Law of the State of New York
Buffalo Public Schools Board of Education ("Board"), having been appointed in 2011 to
fill
a vacancy
for an at-large seat, and Respondent also currently holds the office of
President of the Board, having been elected thereto by said Board at its July 20L3
organizational meeting.
Z)
This petition seeks the removal of Respondent Seals-Nevergold from her position as a
member of the Board, and derivatively therefrom as its current president pursuant to New
-t
York State Education Law $306, upon the grounds that she is guilty of willful violations
of law and Board Policy.
3)
The factual particulars upon which this petition is based are as follows:
a. Respondent
was appointed to
fill
of atJarge
b.
According to Board Policy #1240, the "person so appointed in the place of any
such member of the Board shall hold his/her office until the next Annual Election
of Board members."
d. Respondent e.
Respondent therefore has been wrongfully and illegally serving as a member the Board since July 1,,20L3.
of
hereinabove specified constitutes both a willful violation of law and Board Policy. s) For all of the reasons as so stated, Petitioner respectfully requests that the Commissioner
of Education remove Respondent from her positions both as President and as a member of the Board of Education pursuant to Section 306 of the Education Law of the State of
New York.
CARL P. PALADINO 295Main Street, Suite 210 Buffalo, New York 14203 (716) 8s2-8222