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Article: Arlington faulted in dismissal
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- October 29, 2009
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An arbitrator presiding over a long-running legal dispute between
an Arlington middle school teacher and the school district says its
former superintendent displayed "credibility problems" during the
case and concludes the district violated its own complaint policies
by pursuing an investigation.
The decision, which found that Charles E. Coughlin's August 2007
dismissal was "not justified" under state law, undermines the
justifications school officials used to look into racy e-mail
exchanges between Coughlin and former principal Stavroula Bouris on
school computers.
It's been a divisive, polarizing case that has rocked the town
for two years. Coughlin was awarded his job back this week. ...