Appellate Court of Illinois April 16, 1981, No. 16607 (Walter v. Board of Education)

Mr. JUSTICE CRAVEN,

dissenting:

Plaintiff, a tenured teacher, had been employed by the defendant as a speech therapist or constructionist for 18 continuous years. Because of a staff reduction necessitated by the failure of a tax referendum, the plaintiff was “honorably dismissed” at the end of the 1978-1979 school year. In other words, defendant terminated the plaintiff’s teaching contract.