Blurton v. Bloomfield Hills Board of Education

Plaintiff initiated this action in the Oakland County Circuit Court, seeking a writ of mandamus to compel the defendant Bloomfield Hills Board of Education to reinstate her as a teacher. After a show cause hearing, the trial court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment and plaintiff appeals.

Plaintiff contends the court erred in finding her claim was not legally tenable. The trial judge in finding that plaintiff was not entitled to the protections afforded by the teachers’ tenure act 1 stated in his written opinion that:

"That plaintiff did not teach for the full school year is not in…