MacDONALD v. STATE BD. OF EDUCATION

No. 4-11-0599.

966 N.E.2d 322 (2012)

359 Ill. Dec. 1

James Scott MacDONALD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION and the Board of Education of Pawnee Community Unit School District No. 11, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

February 6, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph H. Loewenstein (argued), Loewenstein, Hagen & Smith, P.C., Springfield, for appellant.

Everett E. Nicholas Jr. , Susan E. Nicholas (argued), Robbins, Schwartz, Nicholas, Lifton & Taylor, Ltd., Decatur, for appellee.


OPINION

Justice KNECHT delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Plaintiff, James Scott MacDonald, a tenured teacher employed by Pawnee Community Unit School District No. 11, was dismissed after the Board of Education of Pawnee Community School District (Board) found plaintiff failed to remediate. Plaintiff appeared before an impartial hearing officer who concluded the Board followed the proper procedures for dismissal and cause existed...

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