Kelly v. Board of Education

This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court reversing a decision of the Board of Education of the City of Chicago (the Board) that reduced the salaries of two principals.

Defendants’ contentions on appeal can be summarized as follows: (1) plaintiffs were afforded procedurally correct hearings under the relevant statute; (2) plaintiffs were not entitled under the statute to contest the sufficiency of the reasons for their downward reclassification; and (3) the trial court erred in determining that the board of education did not discuss with the plaintiffs the reasons for their…