# Dothan City Board of Education v. V.M.H.

> Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · May 12, 1995 · 660 So. 2d 1328

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7691112

## Case

- **Full name:** DOTHAN CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION v. V.M.H.
- **Court:** Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
- **Decided:** May 12, 1995
- **Citations:** 660 So. 2d 1328; 1995 Ala. Civ. App. LEXIS 259; 1995 WL 276741
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Monroe
- **Judges:** Beatty, Robertson, Thigpen, Yates, Monroe, Crawley
- **Cited by:** 6 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that juvenile court had original jurisdiction in judicial-review proceeding regarding the Dothan City Board of Education's suspension and placement of a student in an alternative school

## Opinion text

MONROE, Judge,
concurring specially.
The rules and regulations promulgated by school boards must be given great deference by the courts. News reports are filled with incidences of campus violence aimed at both students and teachers. The schoolyard fistfight has escalated into a more sinister, too often deadly, conflict as students seem more and more willing to use weapons to solve their problems. School boards must be able to set the strict rules and regulations necessary for schools to maintain discipline and let teachers go about the business of educating rather than policing.
However, school boards still must adhere to constitutional principles when drafting these regulations and must take care not to encroach on students’ constitutional rights. The regulation at issue in this case is a textbook example of an unconstitutionally vague regulation and needs to be rewritten.

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