Reinken v. Keller

John P. Cohalan, Jr., J.

This is an article 78 proceeding in the nature of a writ of prohibition.

The issue here presented for decision concerns the power of the Board of Education of Union Free School District No. 12 (hereafter Board) of Brentwood, Suffolk County, New York, to hire facilities of classroom nature in a declared overcrowding emergency without first obtaining the approval of the qualified voters at an annual or special district meeting; and to pay for the items out of general funds.

The population of the school district had mushroomed so rapidly that classes were being held in the…