Donaldson ex rel. Reyes v. Board of Education for Danville School District No. 118

A fight at school.

One student combatant received corporal punishment, the other 3 days’ suspension.

We affirm.

This is an appeal from the dismissal of a petition for certiorari and for injunctive relief, in which petitioner Stacy Donaldson challenged the respondent school board’s action in suspending him from school. The petition alleges that on September 30,1980, Donaldson, a seventh grader in the Danville school system, got into a “small fight” with classmate Anthony Griffin. This was the first time either student had been discovered in combat upon school property. Griffin received corporal…