Wolfe v. Lawrence County Joint Vocational School District Board of Education

Harsha, Judge.

{¶ 1} This is a consolidated appeal from a judgment of the Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas that upheld in part and reversed in part the decision of the board to implement a reduction in teacher work force because of declining student enrollment. 1 In case No. 02CA2, the board asserts that the trial court erred in finding that it improperly reduced the teacher work force in programs that did not suffer a loss in student enrollment, and in finding that no loss of “program specific” funding occurred. In case No. 02CA3, the Lawrence County Teachers’ Association (“the…