A Cobb student who was expelled last year after warning friends of a school threat is taking the fight to overturn the expulsion to the courts after the Georgia Board of Education sided with the district.
Internal documents suggest state officials hearing the student’s appeal were torn on whether he should have been expelled, before ultimately upholding the punishment. It’s a case that hinges on whether a middle schooler who saw a threat and feared for his and his friends’ safety intended to cause a disruption or not.
“We disagree with the state board’s decision,”said Michael Tafelski, one of the attorneys from the Southern Poverty Law Center representing the student. “It’s just one of the latest examples where Cobb County Schools continues to criminalize, surveil, punish students instead of providing them with the support and resources that they need.”…