Do you or a family member attend one of the many California community colleges? Is a student curious about what data the college is gathering on them? Or, has a
Do you remember entering high school and the wild rumors that preceded it; of groups of high schoolers who would submit all freshman to hazing: humiliating them and torturing them
Special education student lawyer Michelle Ball helps parents with special education problems throughout California. As a special education attorney for students Michelle can help students in towns such as Moreno
Parents may sometimes feel like they are in the Twilight Zone, when it comes to school expulsions. One day, life is rosy, a student at home has a 4.0 gpa
NOTE: This case was overruled. In 2014, Judge Rolf M. Treu, Superior Court of California, in Vergara v. State of California (2014) determined that our teacher tenure, seniority and dismissal laws
Parents may be surprised upon receiving a phone call that a student was being suspended or expelled for providing a “drug” to another student. What if later, the purported “drug,”
Lies harm people and their reputations. Malicious lies can cause some people to end up in jail, and others to lose a job or piles of money. But what about
Bullying at school is certainly in the news. I remember when a twelve year old leapt to her death after allegedly being bullied for a year. Student suicide after bullying
After a student is suspended from school for a serious offense, sometimes parents are told they have to attend another meeting before the student can return to school. This initial
With the raging hot sun in California, sun exposure is a serious concern for many parents. Consequences from sunburns can be painful and potentially dangerous. Can public schools deny students
You may have noticed recently that the age of students in kindergarten is increasing. Soon, all kindergartners will be required to be 5 years old by September 1 the year
Communication is such an important factor in life and can be the reason endeavors succeed or fail. It is no less important in the school setting. However, time and again
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