Stern v. Wheaton-Warrenville Community Unit School District 200

PRESIDING JUSTICE GILLERAN JOHNSON

delivered the opinion of the court:

Mark O. Stern appeals the trial court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of Wheaton-Warrenville Community Unit School District 200. Stern sought to enjoin the District from denying his requests for the superintendent’s employment contract under the IIlinois Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 ILCS 140/1 et seq. (West 2004)). This appeal presents issues of first impression in this district: whether the employment contract is exempt from disclosure under the FOIA and whether the superintendent’s disclosures of his…