Once in awhile, a parent is surprised when their child tells them they were held in during recess by the ...

By Michelle Ball, California Education Attorney for Students since 1995 School records created by a public or private school or ...

UPDATE: In July 2024, suspensions for disruption and defiance will not be legal anymore in California: see the update here! ...

California schools can be places of great joy, and terrible sorrow for students.  We all know that students really can ...

When a parent suddenly faces the terrible fact that their child is up for expulsion from school, the question always ...

Did an elementary, junior or high school expulsion recommendation just get sprung on a student?  Or is the expulsion hearing ...

Time and time again, I meet parents whose child switched high schools and now can no longer play sports for ...

In California public schools, “Hands off!” should be the motto for school staff.  There are so many minefields involving interaction ...

School Suspensions are devastating to the student and family. Are they appealable? Can they be removed from the student’s records? ...

Parents every day face suspensions of students for a myriad of reasons, some legitimate and some not so legitimate.  One ...