Eckmeyer v. Kent City Schl. Dist., Unpublished Decision (11-3-2000)

OPINION

This is an accelerated calendar appeal submitted to the court on the briefs of the parties. Appellants, Rachael Eckmeyer ("Rachael") and Keith and Regina Eckmeyer ("the Eckmeyers"), appeal from a final judgment of the Portage County Court of Common Pleas affirming the decision of appellee, Kent City School District Board of Education ("the Board"), upholding Rachael's expulsion.

On September 24, 1998, Rachael was involved in an altercation with another student at Kent Theodore Roosevelt High School ("Kent Roosevelt"). As a result, she was suspended from school for ten days with a…