John Spekkens

The appellant appealed the expulsion of her 15-year-old daughter from all schools of the respondent school board.

The pupil was expelled for posting threatening comments about another student on Facebook.

The Board found that the school board's policy did not mandate suspension for the alleged activity, which is a statutory prerequisite for expulsion under section 310(1)8 of the Education Act.

As the policy only made suspension discretionary, the pupil did not engage in an activity eligible for expulsion.

The Board quashed the expulsion, reinstated the pupil, and ordered the expulsion record expunged.

The appellant appealed the school board's decision to expel a child from all schools of the Rainbow District School Board.

The Child and Family Services Review Board quashed the expulsion, ordered the child reinstated to their school, and directed that the expulsion record be expunged.

Reasons for the decision were to follow.