In re Appeal of Rose Tree Media School District

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

The Rose Tree Media School District (school district) appeals here from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County which affirmed an arbitrator’s award made under a collective bargaining agreement between the School District and the Rose Tree Media Education Association (Association). The School District argues that the award should be set aside because (1) it is not rationally derived from the agreement and (2) it is unconscionable.

At issue is the construction of a provision in the agreement which grants teachers a special retire*370ment salary increment based…