Ajluni v. West Bloomfield School District Board of Education

All of these appeals were consolidated and based on a relatively simple set of facts. Ajluni and Potter were hired as first-year probationary teachers during school year 1971-1972. (Potter was hired as of September 30, 1971, and Ajluni as of January 31, 1972.) Both were notified on April 11, 1972, that their services would be discontinued.

After failing to obtain relief before the State Tenure Commission, Potter and Ajluni filed complaints for mandamus in circuit court. The circuit court dismissed the complaints on the grounds that the close of the school year was June 30 and the notices had…