GOODWIN v. LEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

SJC-11977.

475 Mass. 280 (2016)

KATELYNN GOODWIN v. LEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Berkshire.

August 23, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph N. Schneiderman for the plaintiff.

David S. Monastersky for the defendants.

Sky Kochenour & Jenny Chou , for Center for Law and Education & another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: GANTS, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, DUFFLY, LENK, & HINES, JJ.


The plaintiff, Katelynn Goodwin, was a high school student at the Lee Middle and High School in the town of Lee (town) when she was suspended from school for conduct that purportedly took place not on school grounds, pursuant to a school policy, based on G. L. c. 71, § 37H ½ (§ 37H ½), which provided that students...

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