Shestack v. General Braddock Area School District

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

David Shestack, a professional employee of the General Braddock Area School District, was demoted from his position as the principal of an elementary school to that of a fifth grade classroom teacher, when, in June 1980, a decline in pupil enrollment caused the Board of School Directors to close an elementary school in the district and to transfer the principal of that school to the position previously held by Shestack. Twenty-two other professional and non-professional employees were suspended from their positions as a result of the school closure.

Following…