Matter of Chapin v. Board of Education

Petitioner has been for many years a teacher in the public vocational high schools of Buffalo; since 1936 he has taught only “ Academic English.” By this proceeding (in the nature of mandamus) under article 78 of the Civil Practice Act, he seeks to establish his contention that he is by law entitled to a salary of $2,600 per year and that an attempted reduction thereof to $2,500 by the respondent Board of Education in 1939, was illegal. The Board in its answer asserts that the 1939 reduction was legally made. It takes the position that the maximum annual salary of $2,600 established by the…