Edwards v. Board of Education of Diamond Lake School District No. 76

The defendant, Board of Education of Diamond Lake School District No. 76 (hereinafter referred to as the “Board” or “Board of Education”), appeals from a judgment of the circuit court of Lake County in favor of Mary Edwards in the amount of $7511.69.

During the 1975-76 school year, Mary Edwards was employed by the Board of Education as a physical education teacher on contractual continued service (more commonly and hereafter referred to as “tenure”). Joan Lehmann, a probationary teacher, who was first employed in 1973-74 as a part-time physical education teacher, was likewise employed by the…