Altoona Area Vocational-Technical Education Ass'n v. Altoona Area Vocational-Technical School

PALLADINO, Judge.

Altoona Area Vocational-Technical Education Association and Richard E. Stout (Appellants) appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Blair County (trial court) granting the petition to vacate an arbitration award filed by Altoona Area Vocational-Technical School (Appellee). For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

Richard E. Stout was employed by Appellee as a sheet metal instructor and, during the 1984-1985 school year, was certificated only in that subject area. By letter dated May 17, 1985, Stout was notified by Appellee that because of declining enrollments,…