Hankenson v. Board of Education

On April 20, 1954, a complaint for administrative review was filed in the circuit court of Lake County by the plaintiffs, Homer Hankenson and Avis Youngberg, against the Board of Education of Waukegan Township High School District No. 119, Lake County, seeking reversal of the Board’s decision to terminate their employment as teachers of the district. As grounds for relief, plaintiffs urged (1) that they were denied the right of hearing granted under the Teacher Tenure Law (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1953) chap. 122, art. 24), and (2) that they were entitled to continued employment in preference over…