In Re Appeal of JAD

COLINS, Judge.

Clarion-Limestone School District (school district) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Clarion County (trial court) granting JAD’s motion to quash/sustain appeal finding there no longer exists a case or controversy.

In the 1997-1998 school year, JAD was a tenth grade student at the Clarion-Limestone High School. On May 4, 1998, JAD used a pocketknife to gain access to a vending machine area in the school. The school district assigned JAD a five-day out-of-school suspension. JAD was then notified by letter that an expulsion hearing would take place for the…