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YOUNGE v. BOARD OF EDUC. OF CITY OF CHICAGO

Nos. 1-01-3525, 1-01-4415.

788 N.E.2d 1153 (2003)

338 Ill. App.3d 522

273 Ill.Dec. 277

Wynona YOUNGE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the CITY OF CHICAGO, Paul Vallas, Chief Executive Officer, James A. Rapp, Hearing Officer, and Illinois State Board of Education, Defendants-Appellees. Louella Higgs, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The Board of Education of the City of Chicago, Paul G. Vallas, Chief Executive Officer, Edward L. Suntrup, Hearing Officer, and Illinois State Board of Education, Defendants Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

April 4, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gessler, Hughes, Socol, Piers, Resnick & Dym, Ltd., Chicago, of counsel: Jose J. Behar, John K. Hughes, Jonathan A. Rothstein, and Allison G. Margolies, counsel for Appellant.

Marilyn F. Johnson, General Counsel Law Department Chicago Board of Education, Chicago, of counsel: Lee Ann Lowder and Sunil Kumar, counsel for Appellee the Board of Education of the City of Chicago.

Justice GALLAGHER delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a consolidated appeal from two orders of the circuit court of Cook County, each of which affirmed a decision by defendant, the Board of Education of the City of Chicago (Board), to discharge a tenured public school teacher for reporting to work under the influence of marijuana. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

We shall separately discuss the factual background of each plaintiff's case. The record...

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