Karabetsos v. School District of City of East Detroit

Defendant appeals from a circuit court decision affirming the findings of the State tenure commission.

Plaintiff was a second-year probationary teacher for defendant school district during the 1965-1966 school year. The school board determined that his contract should not be renewed for the school year 1966-1967. A letter was mailed to plaintiff at his previous year’s address on April 12, 1966, informing him that his contract would not be renewed, but he never received that letter. A second letter dated May 31, 1966, was personally handed to plaintiff; it specified the charges against him and…