KIMBLE v. ILLINOIS STATE BD. OF EDUC.

No. 1-12-3436.

16 N.E.3d 169 (2014)

Sharon KIMBLE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION; Vicki Peterson Cohen, Hearing Officer; The Board of Education of the City of Chicago; and Barbara Byrd-Bennett, Chief Executive Officer, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

July 18, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elaine K.B. Siegel and Jessica R. Hill , both of Elaine K.B. Siegel & Associates, P.C., of Chicago, for appellant.

James L. Bebley and Lee Ann Lowder , both of Chicago Board of Education Law Department, of Chicago, for appellees.


OPINION

Presiding Justice GORDON delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Plaintiff Sharon Kimble, a tenured teacher assigned to teach at Parkside Academy (Parkside), was dismissed from her employment by the defendant board of education of the City of Chicago1 (the Board) after over 20 years of service based on allegations that she pushed and choked a 10-year-old student. At the time of its alleged occurrence...

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