Brickhouse v. Spring Ford Area School District

McGINLEY, Judge.

G. Gordon Brickhouse (Applicant) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County (common pleas court) that affirmed the determination of the Spring-Ford School District (District) School Board (School Board) that the District’s decision not to hire Applicant for an open secondary social studies teaching position did not violate the Act commonly known as the “Veterans’ Preference Act” (Act), 51 Pa.C.S. §§ 7101 through 7109. Applicant is a Vietnam veteran who is a “soldier” within the meaning of Section 7101 of the Act, 51 Pa.C.S. § 7101. 1 He possesses a…