Full-time tenured high school math teacher was dismissed for cause by School Board. Teacher had been on sick leave, often called in late and was absence, due to grave illness of her mother, of which school administrators were aware. Decision of school board is final decision for purposes of administrative review. Board's findings as to teacher's absences and time for submitting lesson plans for substitute teacher's use were against the manifest weight of evidence. Two of 3 violations of remedial notice found by Board were not supported by manifest weight of evidence. Single incident was not a clear and material breach of warning notice. Thus, Board's decision to discharge teacher was arbitrary, unreasonable, and unrelated to requirements of service.(KARMEIER, FREEMAN, KILBRIDE, GARMAN, BURKE, and THEIS, concurring.)
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