Smiley v. Grand Blanc Board of Education

This case is one of first impression. We are asked to determine whether a school administrator acquires tenure when that person begins serving under a written contract with a tenure exclusion clause and in later school years continues to serve without any written contract. The majority opinion holds that school administrators in such a setting do not acquire ten*335ure. While we agree with the discussion found in parts I to III of the opinion, we disagree with the majority’s conclusion in part IV that the Legislature intended MCL 380.132(2); MSA 15.4132(2) to be interpreted "to give continuing…