Hauswald v. Board of Education of Community High School District No. 217

This is an Administrative Be view proceeding to review defendant Board’s order dismissing plaintiff as teacher in the Argo Community High School. The trial court reversed the order and the Board has appealed.

Plaintiff began to teach in the high school in 1931. On August 6, 1957, the Board served him with notice of his suspension as of September 1, and his dismissal as of November 2, 1957. A copy of the Board’s resolution of dismissal setting forth the charges accompanied the notice. Briefly, the charges were that plaintiff made “extensive and exaggerated” use of “free reading time” instead of…