Brown v. School District

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

Raloy E. Brown (petitioner) appeals to this court from an order of the Secretary of Education (Secretary) dismissing his appeal from a demotion by the Board of School Directors of the Cheltenham Township School District (Board).

*485The petitioner, a professional employee, was the principal of the Cheltenham Elementary School when, on September 20, 1977, he was demoted by the Board and reassigned as a fifth grade classroom teacher at the Wyncote School. His salary as principal was $30,-835, and he was paid $24,704 as a classroom teacher since he qualified “at the 14th level…