Matter of Jackson

BECTON, Judge.

This appeal concerns the validity of an order of Gaston County District Court Judge Larry L. Langson directing the petitioner, Gaston County Board of Education, to place the respondent, Calvin Wayne Jackson, Jr., in an appropriate school program after Calvin Jackson had been suspended from the Gas-ton County public schools. The issues presented involve the extent of the district court’s authority in making dispositions pursuant to the North Carolina Juvenile Code, Articles 41-59 of Chapter 7A of the General Statutes, and the responsibility of the public schools toward students…