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ar' Building. ♦-lataa*MR. WILKERSON’SAPPOINMENTin u r r ii I m m r m i *T5| it I ■ w ii iiimk - ;vtot •n*STILL STANDS «• i ruSI Court Declines Mandamus Asked By ' Junior High Teacher(Jilts[idofTVtstolist;dWASHINGTON. D. C.. lt;B.v wirc» — Judge Frederick Siddons. Tuesday, ■refused to interfere with the action f I of assistant superintendent, Garnet - Wilkerson transferring Mrs. Dor-i'othy Pelham-Beckley irom Shaw; Junior High School to Randall Jun- j ior High School. 1 *He held that it was an administrative matter and within the discretion of the administrative offices of I the school system and vne Board of Education. CMrs. Becklev sought a writ of man- j damus to compel the Board of Edu- • cation to rj-instate her in her oldf position or to assign her to teach 9th grade English in a JuniQT high school or to teach English in a senior high school. •The Board of Education denied that the transfer of Mrs. Beckley wasj a demotion. It claims that it was I made for the good of the service. .Mrs. Becklev was a- teacher of 9th; grade English in Shaw Junior High' School. She is assigned to teach 8th and 9th grade English and Ancient Hlstorv in Randall Junior Hi School.At the time *-vhcr anoointment. September 1, lfca). she. was eligible to teach English in the senior high schools. This eligibility, the Board i- asserted, expired June 9. 1922.t*fOf-1-1-A.
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Baltimore Afro American
Baltimore, Maryland, US
Sat, Apr 16, 1927
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