Sweeney v. School Committee of Revere

A majority of the respondents, who at the time comprised the school committee of the city of Revere consisting of seven members, passed on May 22, 1923, the following vote, “ That the offices of Assistant Principal in' the Senior High School and Principal in the Junior High School be abolished and that Mr. Sweeney and Mr. Pollard be retained at $2,500 each as teachers and that the Superintendent of Schools be given authority to assign them to their duties.” The petitioners, to whom the secretary of the committee sent copies of this vote, were teachers in the *528public schools of the city. The…