Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
School Districts
Tenured teacher was terminated after he pretended to throw a stapler at disruptive student, stapler slid out of its plastic sleeve and hit another student in back of head, resulting in injury. School Board's finding that teacher was negligent and caused physical injury to student is not against manifest weight of evidence. Conduct is deemed per se irremediable and teacher was not entitled to written warning before his dismissal. (LAMPKIN, concurring; HALL, dissenting.)