Rike v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Paul H. Rike, a professional school employee, here seeks review of the order of the Secretary of the Commonwealth Department of Education dismissing, on the ground of lack of subject matter jurisdiction, Rike’s appeal from his disciplinary suspension by the Board of School Directors of the Peters Township School District.

The cause of Rike’s difficulties with his employer is not now directly in issue. It will suffice to record on this score that Rike was accused by a female cafeteria worker at the Peters Township Middle School where Rike had been a mathematics teacher…