Bemis v. Board of Education

On April 12, 1938, the board of education of union free school district No. 1 of the village of Ilion, Herkimer county, appointed the petitioner herein for the probationary period of three years to the position of supervisor and teacher of physical education. He is an honorably-discharged soldier of the World war. The school district has more than 4,500 inhabitants, so that such appointment was made pursuant to section 312-a of the Education Law. In April, 1939, the respondents notified petitioner that his services were to be discontinued and his dismissal would become effective in June,…