Hamer v. Board of Education

Plaintiff, Elinor M. Hamer, appeals from the dismissal of her complaint in which she sought declaratory judgment, injunction and other relief against defendant, Board of Education of Township High School District No. 113 (hereinafter referred to as the Board). Plaintiff asserted that a purported disciplinary policy of the Board and regulations adopted by the administrators of Deerfield High School pursuant thereto are illegal and unconstitutional. Essentially, plaintiff seeks in this action to test the right of school authorities to reduce her subject grades as punishment for an unauthorized…