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Petitioner was interested in sequential and comic book art.
Prior to becoming a teacher, petitioner worked as a commercial
artist, and he had contributed work to fanzines on an unpaid
basis. Petitioner had been collecting comic books for some time,
and his collection totaled approximately 28,000 titles prior to
1991. Petitioner derived a great deal of enjoyment and personal
satisfaction from participating in the comic book club.
The school did not require that the teachers have any
specific skill level in order to sponsor one of the school's non-
athletic clubs or activities. The faculty sponsors primarily
were responsible for supervising the students. The sponsors
commonly expended some personal funds for pizza or similar items
for the students.
During the years in issue, the comic book club met on
afternoons each week after school for an hour or an hour and a
half. Petitioner was not compensated separately for this time.
Approximately 30 to 40 students were members of the club during
the years in issue. The club meetings were held in one of the
classrooms at the school where petitioner set up a comic book
reading library containing approximately 12,000 comic books for
use by the club. During the meetings the members read comic
books or worked on producing their own comic book. Some of the
members were poor readers, and petitioner believed that the club
was an aid to developing their reading skills.
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