Category: Discipline

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School Staff Can Be Fired For Sexually Explicit Ads

Just WHAT is enough to get a school teacher or vice principal terminated?  Taking action to terminate a school staff member is up to the individual school district involved and there decision to act. What is enough to show immorality or unfitness of a certain teacher or school staff member

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When Expulsion Hearing Rights Are Ignored

Schools can be really intolerant and dismissive to parents and students in the student expulsion process. What happens if a school district denies parent and student rights blatantly, or not so blatantly? An Example of Multiple Terrible and Utterly Illegal, but Real, Breaches Parents are often pushed aside in the

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Freedom of Expression/Speech Court Case – Morgan Hill, CA

According to the Morgan Hills Times (newspaper) the Live Oak High School Vice Principal and Principal involved no longer work in the district, but the case is, thankfully, still moving forward.  Just yesterday (February 17, 2011), the students defeated most of the motion to dismiss filed by the school district

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Do Parents Need An Education Attorney For A School Expulsion?

Do parents facing school expulsion really need a specialized education attorney to help a student? Is an expulsion important enough to hire a student-focused lawyer? Are the school and life consequences severe for expelled students?  Yes, yes and they can be! Expulsion Lawyers Help Parents Navigate The school expulsion process is

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School expulsions are negative for students

True Stories of California School Expulsions

For example, some years ago I met a family whose young son was up for expulsion for positioning his FINGERS to resemble a gun (e.g. the thumb and index finger) and  going “pow pow” to another student.  For this, the student was UP FOR EXPULSION.  When we went to the

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Who is California Student Attorney Michelle Ball?

I wanted to introduce myself and my education practice for anyone reading my blogs or wondering just who I am. My name is Michelle Ball. I am a mother and an a student attorney in Sacramento, California, practicing education law on behalf of students since 1995.   I handle a

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