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Two Families To Sue Over School Ruling 
Posted by FoM on September 24, 1999 at 08:47:59 PT
By Ken Carlson
Source: Modesto Bee
MANTECA -- Legal wrangling is expected to continue in the case of three high school students disciplined for allegedly smoking marijuana. 
The parents of Adam Zeiher and David Perry said Thursday they will sue, a day after Manteca Unified School District trustees decided a court ruling in the case of Travis McPherson doesn't apply to the two other boys. "People have told me they can't believe it has gone to this extreme," said Rebecca Zeiher, Adam's mother. "The judge already said (the disciplinary action) was an unlawful act."  Some thought San Joaquin County Judge K. Peter Saiers settled the matter last week, when he ordered McPherson reinstated at Sierra High School.  McPherson, Zeiher and Perry were transferred to other schools after a May 25 incident in which they admitted smoking marijuana during a lunch break.  The boys claimed their confessions were coerced by school officials, who never found any marijuana.  In a 4-3 decision Wednesday night, school trustees decided against appealing the court's decision, but left the transfers of Zeiher and Perry in place.  With no other way to appeal at the school board level, the Zei- her and Perry families likely will incur thousands of dollars in legal expenses to get the students reinstated.  "I don't understand it," Rebecca Zeiher said. "Someone should be asking the school district how much it is costing the taxpayers."  The Zeiher and Perry families have hired Lodi attorney Thomas Driscoll, who represented McPherson. Rebecca Zeiher was unsure when the lawsuit would be filed.  School trustees declined to give their reasoning for rejecting the families' appeal. Trustees Marilyn Asher, Paul Gutierrez, John Holbrook and Evelyn Moore voted against reinstating the students. Manuel Medeiros, Nancy Teicheira and Nellie Zavala and backed the families.  Asher said there's a sound reason for the decision, referring to a one-page district statement.  The statement read: "The court's ruling in the McPherson case was limited to one judge's views of facts which were particular to that case." That case "did not, in any way, invalidate the district's policies and procedures as they apply to other students." Published: Friday, September 24, 1999 Copyright © The Modesto Bee. Manteca Student Reinstated in Pot Case - 9/17/99http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread2916.shtml
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