Colonial Education Ass'n v. Colonial School District

FRIEDMAN, Judge.

Colonial School District (District) appeals from an order of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas (trial court), which sustained John Walls’ petition for review of the decision of the Colonial School Board (Board) to assign an active teacher with less seniority to a vacant position rather than recalling Walls, a suspended teacher. We affirm the trial court’s order.

In June of 1984, due to declining enrollment, the Department suspended Walls, a certificated health and physical education teacher for the District since 1971. In June of 1991, a health and physical education…