Marcum v. Talawanda City Schools

Powell, Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants, S. Douglas Marcum and his wife, Pamela Marcum, appeal an order of the Butler County Court of Common Pleas granting summary judgment in favor of defendants-appellees, Talawanda City Schools (“Talawanda”), Phillip Cagwin, and Dennis Leone.

In October 1993, appellants’ son, Jacob Marcum, was a sixth-grader enrolled at Talawanda Middle School in Oxford, Ohio. On October 20, 1993, Jacob remained after school to attend a student council meeting during which the students were supposed to make posters. The meeting was held in the classroom of the school’s student…