Aken v. Board of Control of Lake County Area Vocational Center

Plaintiffs, Paul Aken and Dawn Brumm, appeal from the circuit court’s order of December 16, 1991, dismissing their complaint for declaratory judgment and for injunctive relief. The plaintiffs were employees of a cooperative vocational education program under the control of defendant, the Board of Control of Lake County Area Vocational Center (the Board or defendant). Although plaintiffs were tenured teachers of the defendant Board, they were honorably dismissed from employment due to a reduction in force. In their complaint, plaintiffs sought a declaration of their tenure rights under section…