SULLENBERGER v. SCHOOL DIST. OF MONESSEN, 549 Pa. 694 (1997)

702 A.2d 1056

Donna E. SULLENBERGER, Appellant, v. SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF MONESSEN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
December 24, 1997.

Appeal, No. 15 W.D. Appeal Dkt. 1997 from the Order of the Commonwealth Court entered February 13, 1996 at No. 967 C.D. 1995 Affirming the Secretary of Education Order entered March 27, 1995 at No. 15-94.

Ronald N. Watzman, Pittsburgh, Leslie A. Collins, Harrisburg, for Appellant.

Stephen S. Russell, Cumberland, John S. Toohey, Monessen, for Appellee.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE and NIGRO, JJ.

ORDER
PER CURIAM:

Appeal dismissed as having been improvidently granted.

NEWMAN, J., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.

NIGRO, J., files a Dissenting Statement.

NIGRO, Justice, dissenting.

I respectfully dissent from the per curiam order on the basis of my dissent in Krupinski v. Vocational Technical School, 544 Pa. 58, 674 A.2d 683 (1996). Similar to Krupinski, I find it to be contrary to common sense and logic to have the same body which initiates a teacher’s suspension then adjudicate the challenge to the discharge.

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