McKeesport Area School District Board of Directors v. Collins

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

The McKeesport Area School District Board of Directors (Board) has appealed from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County modifying the duration of Tressa Collins’ expulsion from the McKeesport Area Senior High School. We affirm.

On November 22, 1978, Tressa Collins having just been suspended for three days from the McKeesport Area Senior High School for not attending classes entered the McKeesport Junior High School without authorization. While there, Ms. Collins became involved with a teacher who found her writing on a washroom wall and this culminated…