Massie v. East St. Louis School District No. 189

Plaintiff, Charles Massie, appeals from a judgment of the circuit court of St. Clair County which upheld, on administrative review, his dismissal as a tenured public school teacher for the Board of Education of East St. Louis School District No. 189. Three issues are presented for our review: (1) whether the procedures followed in securing plaintiff’s dismissal met the requirements of due process, (2) whether certain factual findings made by the administrative hearing officer were against the manifest weight of the evidence, and (3) whether the administrative hearing officer erred in…