BRUNELLE v. LYNN PUBLIC SCHOOLS


428 Mass. 512 (1998)

MICHAEL BRUNELLE & others v. LYNN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

December 16, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Farris, of the District of Columbia (Scott Sommerville, of Virginia, & Robert G. Caprera with him) for the plaintiffs.

John C. Mihos for the defendants.

Nancy N. Hardenbergh, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, GREANEY, FRIED, MARSHALL, & IRELAND, JJ.


GREANEY, J.

We granted the plaintiffs' application for direct appellate review in this case to consider the validity of a requirement of the school committee of Lynn that conditioned approval of the plaintiffs' home education plans on home visits by the superintendent or his representative to "observe and evaluate the [home] instructional process." A judge in the Superior Court considered cross motions for summary judgment, Mass.

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