Lawson v. Wayne Community School District

This appeal arises out of the suspension and subsequent discharge of the plaintiff, Mary Lawson, by the defendant school board after approximately 20 years as a tenured teacher. After hearings before the controlling school board and the teacher tenure commission, and review in circuit court, leave to appeal was granted.

Plaintiff was notified by a letter dated April 3, 1969, of her dismissal retroactive to February 28, 1969, when she had been relieved of her duties by the school principal. The letter included the following conclusory charges as constituting a breach of contract justifying a…