Duncan v. Rochester Area School Board

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

*256James Duncan, a science teacher with sixteen years seniority in the Rochester Area School District, was suspended from his position effective with the start of the 1985-86 school year, one of a number of employees suspended due to declining enrollment. Following a hearing pursuant to the Local Agency Law, 2 Pa.C.S. § 553, the Board affirmed the suspension. The Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County reversed the decision of the Board, but this order was itself reversed on appeal to the Commonwealth Court. 108 Pa.Cmwlth. 166, 529 A.2d 48. We granted allocatur to examine…