McDevitt v. School Committee

The petitioner had been elected and had served for three successive school years as a teacher in the public schools of Malden and was therefore serving at discretion under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 71, § 41. On December 17, 1935, the school committee elected the petitioner as “Principal of the Lincoln Junior High School and Lincoln Elementary *214School to begin work on January 10, 1936.” It was also voted that his salary “be fixed at $3,000 for the Lincoln Junior High and $300 for the Lincoln Elementary School.” On January 6, 1936, after a city election had brought about a change in the personnel of…