Milne v. School Committee of Manchester

The defendant school committee concluded in March, 1979, that a reduction in the number of physical education teachers to be employed during the next school year was advisable due to an actual decrease in the number of pupils in the Manchester schools. The school committee, therefore, voted to dismiss the plaintiff, a tenured physical education teacher. The plaintiff had the least seniority of the physical education teachers employed dur ing the 1978-1979 school year, and there was no untenured teacher whose position the plaintiff was qualified to fill.

The plaintiff argues that, as a matter…