Jackson v. William Penn Board of School Directors

REED, J.,

This is an appeal from the adjudication of defendant school board permanently expelling a pupil, Keith Thomas, from attending Yeadon High School.

On April 22, 1974, the pupil, Keith Thomas, was embroiled in an episode of large-scale fighting between groups of students attending Yeadon High School. The fighting lasted for several minutes and was finally broken up and the students dispersed by school authorities. The fighting between the groups had racial overtones and, as a result of his participation in the fighting and as well prior unruly conduct, Keith, a black student, was…