Legal Opinion
Kolesnick Ex Rel. Shaw v. Omaha Public School District
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided January 24, 1997No. S-95-099PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLanphier, J.
The Omaha Public School District (OPS) adopted a student code of conduct for the 1994-95 school year, which provided for a two-semester expulsion for the possession of a weapon, including a knife, at school. On September 23, 1994, Kristoffer Kolesnick, an eighth grade student at King Science Center, brought a switchblade knife to school. On September 29, after learning about the knife incident, Deborah Frison, the assistant *577principal at King Science Center, sent a letter to Kolesnick’s mother, Edith Shaw, recommending expulsion of Kolesnick for the current semester and the following semester.…
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