Court Opinion

ID: 9766123
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 04:33:09.978732+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:09:04.316492
License: Public Domain

NEWMAN, Justice,
concurring:
I agree with the majority and write separately only to note that the middle school code includes among the list of Level “F” offenses, “[a]ny offense which may be considered [serious] enough to warrant a hearing before the Superintendent and/or School Board.” The middle school code’s explicit reference to the School Board’s power to conduct exclusion hearings unequivocally demonstrates that the middle school code and the district code are complementary elements of a unified disciplinary scheme. Moreover, the reference to the possibility of “a hearing before the ... School Board” belies any contention that Appellee was unaware that his conduct could have disciplinary consequences beyond those specifically enumerated in the middle school code. Thus, I agree that the Commonwealth Court erred in reversing Appellee’s expulsion from school.