Shandy v. Portland School District No. 1

Petitioner appeals from an order of the Fair Dismissal Appeals Board (FDAB) which affirmed the decision of the district school board reducing his employment to half-time and half-pay under ORS 342.865(l)(j).

Petitioner is a permanent teaching employe of respondent Portland School District No. (District). He has taught electricity and electronics courses at Grant High School since 1969. At the beginning of the 1978-79 school year, the electronics program at Grant was reduced to a half-time program and half of petitioner’s classes were eliminated due to declining enrollment in the courses. 1…