LYONS v. PENN HILLS SCHOOL DIST.


723 A.2d 1073 (1999)

Adam LYONS, a minor, and Robert Lyons and Diane Lyons, natural parents, and Robert Lyons and Diane Lyons, in their own right, v. PENN HILLS SCHOOL DISTRICT, Penn Hills Board of School Directors, Dr. Joseph Saeli, Superintendent, Penn Hills School District, Diane Page McKissick, Director of Secondary Education, Penn Hills School District, David Wilson, Principal, Linton Middle School and Kevin Bivins, Associate Principal, Linton Middle School, Appellants.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 8, 1999.

Reargument Denied February 22, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No appearance entered for appellants.

Marvin Miller, Pittsburgh, for appellees, Lyons.

Evalynn Welling, Pittsburgh, for intervenor, Education Law Center.

Before McGINLEY, J., FLAHERTY, J., and RODGERS, Senior Judge.


RODGERS, Senior Judge.

Penn Hills School District (District) appeals from the June 22, 1998 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) sustaining the appeal of Adam Lyons and his parents, Robert Lyons and Diane Lyons, from a decision of the Penn Hills Board of School Directors (Board). The Board's decision adopted a hearing officer's recommendation that Adam Lyons should be expelled from school for one year for a violation of the District...

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