Cosme v. Board of Education

By this article 78 proceeding, petitioner seeks to have her attorney present at a hearing or conference scheduled to discuss her son’s temporary suspension from school because of misconduct. Upon oral argument, the parties agreed that the child should be sent immediately to another school, which he is presently attending. In addition, the court directed that the file be sealed for the protection of and in the interests of the child.

As to the legal proposition involved, it is clear that under the law the Board of Education has the right to establish the procedure — under General Circular No.…