Wesclin Education Ass'n v. Board of Education of Wesclin Community Unit School District

The Wesclin Education Association, a teachers’ association, and two of its members, John Rinderer and Anita Wick, brought separate actions against the defendant, the Board of Education of Wesclin Community Unit School District No. 3 of Clinton and St. Clair Counties, in the form of petitions for writs of mandamus to prevent the dismissal of each of its respective members or, alternatively, for declaratory judgments construing the rights of the parties under the “professional negotiations agreement.” Upon a motion of the defendant these separate actions were consolidated for the purposes of…