McKee v. Woodhaven Public Schools

After achieving teacher tenure status in another school district, plaintiff Alexander McKee was hired as a tenured teacher for an administrative position in the Woodhaven Public School District for the 1972-1973 school year. The written contract of employment signed by both parties contained a provision providing that plaintiff would not have tenure as an administrator. It bore a termination date of June 30, 1973.

Plaintiff continued to work for the district in an administrative capacity beyond the termination date, and without further written contract. In June of 1975 the defendant school…