TYSON v. SCHOOL DIST. OF PHILADELPHIA


900 A.2d 990 (2006)

Jessica TYSON, for Mikeisha JEFFERSON, Appellant v. SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 2, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard Rieser and Deborah Gordon, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Miles H. Shore, Philadelphia, for appellee.

BEFORE: COLINS, President Judge, and SIMPSON, Judge and LEAVITT, Judge (P).


OPINION BY President Judge COLINS.

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (common pleas court) granting the School District of Philadelphia's (District) motion to dismiss. We affirm.1

Mikeisha Jefferson (student) was assigned to an alternative school for disruptive students by a hearing officer after an informal hearing held on April 18, 2005. The incident giving rise to the student...

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