BAUMGARTNER v. PERRY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Docket Nos. 313945, 314158, and 314696.

872 N.W.2d 837 (2015)

309 Mich. App. 507

BAUMGARTNER v. PERRY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Aubert v. Reed City Area Schools Board of Education. Wright v. Flint Community Schools Board of Education.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided March 12, 2015, at 9:00 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

White, Schneider, Young & Chiodini, PC, Okemos (by Jeffrey S. Donahue ), for Shelby Baumgartner, Loretta Cole, and Margaret Sible.

Kalniz, Iorio & Feldstein Co., LPA (by Fillipe S. Iorio , Grand Rapids and Kurt Kline), for Sara Aubert, Philip David, Paula Justin, Kellee Beilfuss, Lisa Beilfuss, and Karen Knapp.

White, Schneider, Young & Chiodini, PC, Okemos (by William F. Young ), for Carmen A. Wright.

Thrun Law Firm, PC, East Lansing (by Roy H. Henley ), for Perry Public Schools.

Varnum LLP (by John Patrick Wright and Joseph J. Vogan , Grand Rapids) for the Reed City Area Schools Board of Education.

Plunkett Cooney, East Lansing, (by Philip A. Erickson ) for the Flint Community Schools Board of Education.

Mark H. Cousens , Southfield, for AFT Michigan.

Brad A. Banasik for the Michigan Association of School Boards.

Douglas V. Wilcox for the Michigan Education Association.

Before: DONOFRIO, P.J., and SAAD and METER, JJ.


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