Herbach v. Board of Education for School District No. 73

Plaintiffs, Florence Herbach and Bonnie Turell, were dismissed public school teachers. They brought an action in the circuit court of Cook County for a writ of mandamus directing defendant to reinstate one of them to a teaching position for the 1979-80 school year. The court issued the writ of mandamus directing defendant to reinstate plaintiff Turell. Judgment was entered and defendant appeals. We reverse.

Defendant presents the following issues for review: (1) whether section 24—12 of the Illinois School Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 122, par. 24—12) requires a school board to reassign…