ANNA LAND V L'ANSE CREUSE PUBLIC SCHOOLS BD OF EDUCATION
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
ANNA LAND,
UNPUBLISHED
May 27, 2010
Petitioner-Appellee/CrossAppellant,
v
L’ANSE CREUSE PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD
OF EDUCATION,
No. 288612
State Tenure Commission
LC No. 07-000054
Respondent-Appellant/CrossAppellee.
Before: BANDSTRA, P.J., and BORRELLO and SHAPIRO, JJ.
BANDSTRA, P.J., (concurring)
I concur with the decision to affirm this case because the record here could not support a
determination that, as a result of the photographs being posted on the internet, petitioner’s ability
to teach effectively was adversely impacted enough to justify her discharge. That is not to say,
however, that I agree with the commission or the majority opinion to the extent they conclude
that, absent some misbehavior by a teacher involving students directly, a discharge decision can
only be justified by a finding of professional misconduct. There may well be situations where
misbehavior short of professional misconduct negatively impacts the teaching environment
(either a teacher’s ability to teach or the school community more generally) sufficiently to
conclude that the misbehavior constitutes a “reasonable and just cause” for discharge under the
statute.
/s/ Richard A. Bandstra
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