Q: Do I need a lawyer for a school board hearing to expel my 16 year old son?
He is being charged with distribution of a controlled substance because he sent a text message asking another student about money he had owed. The principal said the messages do not say what it is for but after he took my son in a room and questioned him that my son confessed and wrote a statement confessing it was for marijuana. I am at a lost of what to do or who to contact.
A: Contact the education law center in philadelphia.They have "cooperating attorneys" who know Pennsylvania Education law. Worth having legal counsel if they are looking for expulsion. In the meantime very important your son doesn't say anything on text, social media, in the hallway, not to the guy he supposedly sold anything too. You likewise. Talk to a lawyer.
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