Dothan City Board of Education v. V.M.H.

This court has observed that “school disciplinary matters are best resolved by the local community school boards and officials and ... courts should supersede only when the school board’s actions are clearly unconstitu*1331tional.” Scoggins v. Henry County Board of Education, 549 So.2d 99, 101 (Ala.Civ.App.1989) (emphasis added). I dissent, because I do not believe the school board’s actions were clearly unconstitutional in this case.

V.M.H. had an unloaded air rifle locked in his car in the school parking lot. That action clearly violated § 440 of the Code of Conduct, which prohibits “[possession…