People Ex Rel. Patterson v. Board of Education

Petitioner was appointed a teacher in the public schools of the city of Syracuse in 1925 after beginning her teaching service in 1918 in the town of Cambridge, New York. In 1929 she received her permanent appointment as teacher from the Board of Education of the City of Syracuse. On March 31, 1942, she was granted a leave of absence, effective May 9, 1942, for one year without pay because of illness. Rule 83 of the Rules of the Syracuse Board of Education thereupon became .applicable to her case. That rule reads as follows: “83 No person shall be appointed a teacher or reappointed after a…