Lenard v. Board of Education of Fairfield School District No. 112

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE JONES

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal by the petitioner, Kenneth L. Lenard, from an order entered by the Circuit Court of Wayne County dismissing his petition for a writ of mandamus ordering his restoration as a teacher for the school year 1974-1975.

The petitioner had taught in Wayne County schools for 7 years and had acquired tenure, referred to in the School Code (Ill. Rev. Stat., ch. 122, par. 1 — 1 et seq.), as “contractual continued services.” In March of the school year 1973-74 he received a letter from the president of the respondent Board of…