People ex rel. Callahan v. Board of Education
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from special term, Kings county. Mandamus by the people, on the relation of Katharine R. Callahan, against the board of education of the city of New York, to compel the board to reinstate relator in her position as teacher of the fourth grammar grade boys in public school No. 90 of the borough of Brooklyn, city of New York. Writ granted, and the board appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtWillard Bartlett, J.
This appeal presents two questions: (1) Whether a reduction in the rank and pay of a public school teacher in the city of New York is equivalent to a removal from the position held by the teacher prior to such reduction; and (2) whether a public school teacher, under the law as it now stands, is subject to *625removal, except for cause, after a hearing upon charges duly preferred against such teacher. On February I, 1896, the relator was appointed a teacher of the sixth grammar grade in Brooklyn. On June 30, 1900, she was appointed a teacher of the fourth grammar grade. On September 7, 1900, the…
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