Hritz v. Laurel Highlands School District

I believe that the majority, and this court in Filoon v. Middle Buck Area Vocational-Technical School, 160 Pa.Commonwealth Ct. 124, 634 A.2d 726 (1993), make imprudent *112and erroneous distinctions between what they label “realignment-demotions” and “pure demotions.” Because I believe that Filoon was incorrectly decided, I must dissent from the majority here which relies upon the Filoon holding.

In Shestak v. General Braddock Area School District, 63 Pa.Commonwealth Ct. 204, 437 A.2d 1059 (1981), we specifically held that a principal who had been demoted to a teaching position was entitled to a…