Aebli v. Board of Education

In 1932 the Board of Education of the City and County of San Francisco hired Wilbur S. Owensby *712to. examine and audit the- books, records and accounts of the school department, with particular regard to the service status rating classification and salary of all of the teachers in the department. In San Francisco salaries of teachers are fixed by a salary schedule, the amount of salary being dependent and rated according to years of service. Owensby made an exhaustive investigation and audit, and reported to the board that all of the 189 teachers involved in'these proceedings had been overrated…