Angela Segobiano-Morris v. Grayslake Community Consolidated School District No. 46

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
School Code
Citation
Case Number: 
2015 IL App (2d) 140822
Decision Date: 
Thursday, May 28, 2015
District: 
2d Dist.
Division/County: 
Lake Co.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
HUTCHINSON
Plaintiff, a "group 2" tenured teacher, received "unsatisfactory" rating on performance evalution and due to reduction in force (RIF) was honorably dismissed at end of school term.Plaintiff was not recalled, and District hired a new "group 1" teacher. Right not to be dismissed in favor of a group 1 teacher, which is well established in Section 24-12(b) of School Code; but School Code provides no statutory right to be recalled, even for tenured teachers. The 2011 amendment to School Code removed tenure as main consideration in layoffs, and shifted primary focus to teacher performance and grouping. (ZENOFF and SPENCE, concurring.)