MARY T. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol. May 29, School and School Committee. As applied to a substitute public school teacher, the phrase "served. Neither a substitute teacher who served in the public schools of a municipality for substantial periods in each of three consecutive school years, but for periods totalling only about one half a normal school year in one of such three years, nor another substitute teacher who served continuously throughout the first two of such years and during the third year until her resignation was tendered and accepted more than a month before its end, had served "for the three previous consecutive school years" within G.
The cases were reported by Sullivan, J. In this court the cases were submitted on briefs. Crowther , for the petitioners. Sisson, Corporation Counsel , for the respondents. These are four petitions for writs of mandamus by which each petitioner seeks to compel the respondents to reinstate her as a teacher in the public schools of Fall River on the ground that she had acquired the status of a teacher employed "at discretion" within G. There is an agreement as to all the material facts, and the cases upon request of the parties were reported to this court , without decision, pursuant to G.
Moore v. Election Commissioners of Cambridge , Mass. The statement of agreed facts in each case provided that it was to supplement the facts admitted in the pleadings. Contrary to the contention of the respondents , although the law until recently was otherwise Lowry v. Commissioner of Agriculture , Mass. Each of the petitioners served as a "substitute," teaching regular classes in the public schools of Fall River during the school years - and - for the number of days set forth in the footnote.
October 5, , the school committee voted that certain persons, including the petitioners , be "assigned" to elementary schools for "two and a half days each regular school week," and the petitioners were assigned in accordance with this vote.
On November 2, , the school committee rescinded this vote and voted that the petitioners and one other person be "assigned for full-time employment" to elementary schools "until further notice. Alderman, who served until her resignation on May 25, continued in full-time employment at the schools until June 30, , the end of the school year.
