BD. OF EDUC. BENTON HARBOR SCHS. v. Wolff

On June 30, 1980, petitioner, Board of Education, of Benton Harbor Area Schools, dismissed respondent from her teaching position on the ground that respondent had failed to establish and maintain control over her students. Resondent appealed to the State Tenure Commission, which held that the discharge was without reasonable and just cause because respondent was not afforded an adequate opportunity to correct the deficiencies which existed in her classroom performance. On June 17, 1981, the commission ordered that respondent be reinstated to a classroom position with petitioner effective at…