Court ruling reinstates Loudoun County (Va.) district's suspension of student
Oct. 25, 2011
Parent says daughter did not receive due process when she was suspended for allegedly drinking on school trip to France
From Leesburg Today: The Loudoun County (Va.) district's decision to suspend a high school student in for allegedly drinking alcohol on a 2009 school trip to France has been upheld, the Virginia Supreme Court has ruled. The judgment reverses a local court decision that overturned the suspension of the student, who has since graduated from Dominion High School. The student's mother, Eileen Tagg-Murdock, sued the school system to expunge her daughter's suspension. The student was one of 11 suspended for drinking alcohol on the trip. The high court ruled that Tagg-Murdock was too late in bringing a legal challenge of the suspension.