Arnold v. Board of School Directors

Opinion by

President Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

Verna Arnold and Linda Womack, teachers for the Pittsburgh School District’s Head Start program, ap*38peal Allegheny County Common Pleas Court orders affirming the Board of School Directors of the School District of Pittsburgh’s decisions to furlough them. We affirm.1

In accordance with the teachers ’ collective bargaining agreement, Arnold and Womack were laid off due to the decline in pupil enrollment. Participation in the Head Start program, however, had not declined. Each is certified in early childhood education and had taught for two “school terms” as…