Black v. Wyalusing Area School District

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson,

Appellant appeals an order of the Secretary of Education (Secretary) reinstating appellee as an elementary principal. We affirm.

*177Appellee was hired as an elementary principal by appellant in 1968. In July 1975, after appellee had acquired tenure, appellant notified him that his position was being abolished. Appellee alleged that this action constituted a nonconsensual demotion and requested a hearing before appellant’s board of school directors in accordance with Section 1151 of The Public School Code of 1949.1 A hearing was begun on August 6, 1975, but was adjourned…