Dodge v. Board of Education of Saginaw City School District

The explicit language of Art 3, § 1 provides that if the contract of employment of a tenure teacher in the capacity of principal provides that such teacher shall not have tenure in such capacity, the teacher will be deemed to have tenure as a classroom teacher only. It also provides that the failure of the board to so provide in the contract shall be deemed to constitute the employment of the teacher on continuing contract in such capacity and subject to the provisions of the act.

There is no dispute that the plaintiff here was a tenure teacher employed by the defendant board in the capacity…