Fennerty v. Board of Education

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JOHN J. THARP, JR., District Judge.

The defendants — the Chicago Board of Education, all of its members, *828and Jean-Claude Brizard, the CEO of Chicago Public Schools during the relevant time period1 — move to dismiss the Amended Complaint of Janet Fennerty, a former high school teacher, who alleges that she was improperly discharged in the course of a layoff of over 1300 teachers. Fennerty, who had tenure,, claims that before laying her off, the Board was required to give her an opportunity to demonstrate her ability to fill any vacant positions and to prefer her over…