Biggiam v. Board of Trustees of Community College District No. 516

This is an appeal and cross-appeal from the judgment of the circuit court of Kane County entered in an action brought by the plaintiff teachers who were dismissed as part of an economic retrenchment by the defendant, Waubonsee Community College (Community College District No. 516).

The trial court’s decision was in favor of plaintiffs Newlon, Biggiam, and Moreland and against plaintiffs Vargas and Pigage. Plaintiff Martz dismissed her complaint prior to hearing, and she is not involved in this appeal.

Specifically, the court’s order provided that under the provisions of section 3B — 5 of…