Board of Education v. Kushner

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

This is an appeal by the Board of Education of the School District of Philadelphia (District) from an order *122of the Secretary of Education (Secretary) reversing the Districts dismissal of Catherine Kushner (teacher). She was a tenured employee who was dismissed from her teaching position with the District on grounds of incompetence.

Initially, the teacher was suspended without pay until a hearing was held and she was subsequently dismissed. She had received two consecutive unsatisfactory ratings from the District Superintendent at the end of each of the school years in…