Lipka v. Brown City Community Schools

Defendant school district appeals from an opinion of the Sanilac County Circuit Court affirming an opinion of the State Teachers’ Tenure Commission. The commission had ruled that plaintiffs were entitled to reinstatement as tenured teachers and to back pay.

Plaintiffs were probationary teachers hired by defendant for the 1970-71 and 1971-72 school years. A letter was sent to each of the plaintiffs on March 23, 1972 notifying them that their work was unsatisfactory and that they would not be rehired for the ensuing school year.

Plaintiffs filed a timely petition for appeal with the State…