Legal Opinion
Mason v. Thetford School Board
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided February 7, 1983No. 82-190PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtUnderwood, J.
The Vermont State Board of Education [the State Board] and the Thetford School Board [the Thetford Board] appeal from a ruling of the Washington Superior Court overturning the State Board’s decision denying Marilyn and Lauren Mason’s [the parents] request that the Thetford Board pay tuition for their son to a school other than to Thetford Academy, the private school designated by the Thetford electorate as the town’s public high school. The State Board argues, inter alia, that the superior court lacked jurisdiction to review its decision. We agree and reverse.
Briefly stated, the facts are as…
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