Bristol Township School District v. Karafin

OPINION OF THE COURT

PAPADAKOS, Justice.

Bristol Township School District appeals from the Order of the Commonwealth Court, 84 Pa.Cmwlth. 52, 478 A.2d 539 which affirmed the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County. The Court of Common Pleas had ordered the School District to grant eleven teachers sabbatical leave for the 1981-82 school year. The effect of this order was to postpone their suspension from employment which had been scheduled to begin at the end of the 1980-81 school year.

The issue in this case is one of first impression in this Commonwealth and involves a conflict…