LADSON v. BD. OF EDUC.


67 Misc.2d 173 (1971)

Anna Ladson, an Infant, by Emily Ladson, Her Mother and Natural Guardian, Petitioner, v. Board of Education, Union Free School District No. 9, Town of Hempstead, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court, Special Term, Nassau County.

August 2, 1971


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard S. Clark and Carl Jay Nathanson for petitioner. Irving M. Wall and Louis J. Genat for respondents.


BERTRAM HARNETT, J.

Can a high school student who has satisfactorily completed her studies, and is not a threat to the orderliness of her class graduation ceremony, be punished for separate school misconduct by being barred from that ceremony?

Anna Ladson, 18 years old and black, was completing her senior year at Freeport High School. On March 8, 1971, the school was evacuated for a bomb threat, and stonings between white and black students were...

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