Blaine v. Savannah Country Day School

Eldridge, Judge.

Appellant Audrea E. Blaine was a high school senior who was within days of taking her final exams prior to graduation from appellee Savannah Country Day School (“Savannah Country Day”), when she was permanently expelled for cheating in violation of the school’s honor code. Since kindergarten, appellant had attended Savannah Country Day for 13 years.

On April 26, 1994, Blaine was taking a make-up math test in a study hall; the test was the identical test given to the other students on April 25, 1994. Another student, who had previously taken the same test, looked at her test…