Board of Directors of Riverside School District v. Carmody

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson, Jr.,

This matter is before the Court on appeal by the Board of Directors (Board) of the Riverside School District (District) from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County. The court of common pleas, en banc, dismissed the Board’s exceptions as to three of the four teachers common pleas Judge Walsh ordered reinstated with back-pay and benefits.

Due to a substantial decrease in pupil enrollment in the school district, the Board on June 29, 1976, elimi*203nated 11 teaching positions for the school year 1976-77. Suspensions of 11 professional employees were…