Ambridge Area School District v. Ambridge Area Education Ass'n

FRIEDMAN, Judge.

The Ambridge Area School District (School District) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County (trial court) which affirmed an arbitration award ruling that the School District improperly furloughed JoAnn Harrington, a professional employee in the School District, and directed the School District to return Harrington to her full-time teaching position with lost pay and benefits.

The School District hired Harrington for the 1988-89 school year to teach in a halftime position in the high school’s business department. As a result of a bid and transfer of…