Koppi v. Board of Control of Whiteside Area Vocational Center

This case comes on appeal by plaintiff, Stefan F. Koppi, from orders dismissing his complaint. We affirm.

Koppi was employed by defendant Whiteside Area Vocational Center (WAVC). WAVC is a joint educational program created to provide vocational education for all the participating defendant school districts. Koppi was honorably terminated at the end of the 1981-82 school year. This was due to a reduction in force at WAVC.

Koppi had earned contractual continued service (sometimes called, as here, tenure) with WAVC and claims to have been entitled to an open position that existed in one of the…