BD OF EDUCATION OF ARGO-SUMMIT SCHOOL DIST. v. State Bd. of Education

Defendant, William H. Hunt, was a tenured elementary physical education teacher in Argo-Summit School District No. 104, Cook County, when he was discharged by the board of education of that district (the board) pursuant to section 24 — 12 of the School Code (111. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 122, par. 24 — 12) for unprofessional and immoral conduct. Following an evidentiary hearing before an administrative hearing officer, Hunt was ordered to be reinstated with full back pay and other benefits. The board then sought administrative review before the circuit court of Cook County. The circuit court…