Hamilton v. Unionville-Chadds Ford School District

COLINS, President Judge.

Marshall Hamilton, Jr. and his parents, Marshall Hamilton and Robin Hamilton (Appellants), appeal the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County (Common Pleas Court) that affirmed the decision of the Board of School Directors (Board) of the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District (District) to “permanently expel” Marshall Hamilton, Jr. (Hamilton) “as a student.” Board’s Decision, November 20, 1995. We reverse and remand.1

Hamilton was expelled as a thirteen-year-old, eighth-grade student of the District’s Charles S. Patton Middle School (Patton) for committing…