Q: My daughters name was found to be on a students hit list.
Her name was on a students hit list. The school has a zero tolerance policy and only suspended the student for 10 days with a potential expulsion based on a closed door expulsion hearing that we are not allowed to go to. What would be our best avenue for how to handle this legally potentially prosecuting the kid and potentially civilly since my daughter no longer feels safe at school and does not want to go? My wife and I are not worried our selves especially if the school does not expel the student that my daughter will be in school with this kid for the next several years.
A: Talk to your local county prosecutors office, which might want investigate and will decide whether to pursue a criminal action. Then use the Find a Lawyer tab to retain a local attorney who handles civil litigation cases.
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