RUSH v. BOARD OF EDUC. OF CRETE-MONEE

No. 3-99-0297.

727 N.E.2d 649 (2000)

312 Ill. App.3d 473

245 Ill.Dec. 202

Phillip RUSH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF CRETE-MONEE COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 201-U; Illinois State Board of Education; Alan J. Cook, Hearing Officer, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

March 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Betty Thielemann (argued), Evanston, for Phillip Rush.

Kelly A. Hayden, Raymond Hauser (argued), Scariano, Kula, Ellch & Himes, Chtd., Chicago Heights, for Board of Educ. of Crete-Monee Comm. School Dist. 201-U.

James Ryan, Attorney General, Paul Racette, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, for Illinois State Board of Education.


Justice LYTTON delivered the opinion of the court:

Phillip Rush taught the small engines classes in the Crete-Monee Community Unit School District No. 201-U (district). In September 1997, he allowed two students to trade class detentions for electric shocks from a small engine. When one of the students complained, Rush was fired, and his teaching certificate was suspended. After an administrative hearing, his dismissal was upheld. The circuit court affirmed. We affirm...

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