Goodwin v. Board of Education of School District

D. E. Holbrook, Jr., P. J.

This case arises under the teacher tenure act 1 and deals with a tenured teacher’s right to appeal to the State Tenure Commission (hereafter "tenure commission” or "commission”) when the teacher, here acting in an administrative capacity, alleges a dismissal or demotion for economic necessity is a subterfuge for a dismissal or demotion for cause.

There is little dispute about the facts. The plaintiff, Robert Goodwin, commenced his employment with the defendant, Kalamazoo Board of Education, at the beginning of the 1960-1961 school year. Subsequently he gained tenure…