Parents Against Abuse in Schools v. Williamsport Area School District

BYER, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lycoming County denying a petition to open a peremptory judgment in a civil action — mandamus. The issues have already been thoroughly and thoughtfully considered by the trial court in its three opinions in this case. We affirm its decision.

The plaintiffs (collectively, parents) are a parents association and a number of individual parents of fourth graders who suffered physical and emotional abuse during the 1987-88 school year at the hands of their teacher, an employee of the Williamsport Area School District. In an…