Howard v. Board of Education

Plaintiff, Ronald Howard, appeals from a judgment rendered by the circuit court in favor of the defendant, board of education of Free-port School District No. 145, in an action in which plaintiff sought declaratory judgment and mandamus to compel the defendant school district to reinstate plaintiff as a teacher and to grant him tenure. Plaintiff contends that the trial court erred in finding that the notice. of his dismissal was timely and that it adequately set forth the reason for dismissal.

The following facts were adduced at trial and are undisputed. Plaintiff was employed by the defendant…