Reinhardt v. Board of Education of Alton Community Unit School District No. 11

On February 29, 1972, the defendant, the Board of Education of Alton Community Unit School District No. 11 (hereafter “the Board”), adopted a resolution discharging the plaintiff, Elizabeth Ann Reinhardt, a tenured kindergarten teacher in the school district (hereafter “the teacher”), for “immorality” and because “the interest of the schools of this school district require such dismissal.” (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 122, par. 10 — 22.4.) After a hearing (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 122, par. 24 — 12), requested by the teacher, the Board in effect affirmed its resolution, and the teacher was…