Appellate Court of Illinois March 28, 2000, 3 — 99 — 0297 (Rush v. Board of Education of Crete-Monee Community Unit School District No. 201-U)

JUSTICE LYTTON

delivered the opinion of the court:

Phillip Rush taught the small engines classes in the Crete-Monee Community Unit School District No. 201-U (district). In September 1997, he allowed two students to trade class detentions for electric shocks from a small engine. When one of the students complained, Rush was fired, and his teaching certificate was suspended.