Matter of Jaffe v. Board of Education

The petitioners are licensed teachers whose names are on eligible lists for appointment in accordance with the provisions of the Education Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 16), section 872, to positions in the day-high schools of the city of New York. None of them is among the first three persons on the lists. Two are on the history eligible lists, being number 13 and number 22, respectively. There are seventy-nine vacancies in history. One is number 29 on the English eligible list for women. There are one hundred and forty-seven vacancies in English. One is number 31 on the elocution list. There are…