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A.B. Ex Rel. Bennett v. Slippery Rock Area School District

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided August 31, 2006No. 695 C.D. 2006PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

Judge PELLEGRINI.

The Slippery Rock Area School District (School District) appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County (trial court) reversing the decision of the School Board’s (Board) determination to expel A.B. from Slippery Rock Area Middle School (Slippery Rock).

A.B. was a sixth-grade student at Slippery Rock. From 8:42 a.m. to 8:44 a.m. on January 12, 2006, A.B. signed out of class to go the bathroom. While in the bathroom, A.B. found a bomb threat note on top of a toilet’s flushing mechanism which read, “A bomb will go off in the school tomorrow.”1 The note…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ChambersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  2. Commonwealth v. ShafferSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  3. Commonwealth v. RobertsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  4. Commonwealth v. LehmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  5. Monaghan v. Board of School Directors of Reading School DistrictCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1992

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Appeal Of: Rural Route NeighborsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
  2. Moore v. State Civil Service CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  3. Pa. State Police v. SlaughterCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  4. Brown v. Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
  5. Barbour v. Municipal Police Officers' Education & Training CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2012

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