Board of Educ. of Chicago v. Johnson

Defendants appeal from a final administrative review order of the circuit court of Cook County affirming the decision of the Illinois State Board of Education (State Board), which refused to sustain the Chicago Board of Education’s (Board) dismissal of defendant, Eli Johnson, a tenured teacher. The issue raised on appeal is whether the decision of the State Board was against the manifest weight of the evidence, contrary to law, and thus erroneously affirmed by the circuit court. We affirm the decisions of the Illinois State Board of Education and the circuit court.

On November 19, 1986, the…