Campbell v. Gahanna-Jefferson Board of Education

Mason, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, Thomas B. Campbell, appeals from the judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas granting the motion for summary judgment of defendants-appellees, William Zamora, Clark Lockett, GahannaJefferson Board of Education (“board”), and board members Ron Anderson, Wendy McKenna, Becky Miller, Tom Keys, Speed Dillon, and Greg Morris.

During the 1988 school year, appellant was a sixth-grade student at Gahanna Middle School. On April 20, 1988, appellant was asked to read in a class taught by Zamora. When appellant refused to read and asserted his right to pass,…