Chester Upland School District v. Brown

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

Chester Upland School District petitions for review of a decision by the Secretary of Education which reversed its Board of School Director’s action demoting Gloria Brown and Joseph Madzelan (employees) and remanded the case with directions to reconvene the demotion hearing to consider expert testimony on alternative approaches to budget reduction.

The district had notified the employees in June of 1980 that their positions as middle-school vice-principals were to be eliminated as a result of declining enrollment, economic conditions in the district and the realignment of…