REID v. KENOWA HILLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Docket No. 239473.

680 N.W.2d 62 (2004)

261 Mich. App. 17

Stephen REID and Debbie Reid, Next Friends of Stephen Reid and Justin Reid, Minors, Kim Bird and Patricia Bird, Next Friends of Corey Bird, Wesley Bird, and Adam Bird, Minors, Todd Gould and Tara Gould, Next Friends of Grant Gould and Jenna Gould, Minors, Brian Hija and Tammy Hija, Next Friends of Breanne Hija and Rebecca Hija, Minors, John Donnelly and Mary Ellen Donnelly, Next Friends of Rosemarie Donnelly, Minor, Troy Parsell and Anne Parsell, Next Friends of Amber Parsell, Minor, and James Tolbert and Denise Tolbert, Next Friends of Kristina Tolbert and Joshua Tolbert, Minors, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. KENOWA HILLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Ypsilanti Public School District, Caro Community Schools, and Michigan High School Athletic Association, Defendants-Appellees. and Grandville Public School District, Tuscola Intermediate School District, and Pinckney Community Schools, Defendants, and Michigan Association of School Boards, Amicus Curiae.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided March 2, 2004, at 9:05 a.m.

Released for Publication May 26, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas More Law Center (by Richard Thompson and Patrick T. Gillen), Ann Arbor, for the plaintiffs.

Thrun, Maatsch and Nordberg, P.C. (by Lisa L. Swem), Lansing, for Kenowa Hills Public Schools, Ypsilanti Public School District, and Caro Community Schools.

Edmund J. Sikorski, Jr., P.C. (by Edmund J. Sikorski, Jr.), Ann Arbor, for the Michigan High School Athletic Association.

Brad A. Banasik, Lansing, for Michigan Association of School Boards.

Before: METER, P.J., and TALBOT and BORRELLO, JJ.


BORRELLO, J.

Plaintiffs appeal by right from the trial court's grant of summary disposition under MCR 2.116(C)(10). The plaintiffs children, who are homeschooled by their parents, sued through their parents as next friends when defendant school districts and defendant Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) refused to allow the children to participate in defendants' interscholastic athletic programs. In their six...

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