Charleroi Area School District v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson,

The decrease in both the size of the student body and of the real income of school districts resulting from inflation and the decline of tax revenue due to unemployment have combined to force responsible school boards *123to face up to the reduction of the number of employees they can retain. In such difficult times, “the suit must be cut to fit the cloth” and priorities must be established. Within the bounds of the exercise of sound discretion, it is the school boards’ always difficult and frequently distasteful duty and responsibility to reduce the size of either or…