Fry v. Commonwealth

Memorandum Opinion by

Judge Williams, Jr.,

David H. Fry, Sr., a professional employe of the Garnet Valley School District, was, in April 1982, recommended for demotion to sixth grade classroom *208teacher from his position as an elementary school principal, because of a district-wide decline in student enrollment. The district’s board of school directors (board) subsequently conducted proceedings under Section 1151 of the Public School Code of 1949 (Code).1 At the hearing the district’s superintendent testified, and the board found, that the district’s diminishing pupil population eliminated the…