The Suspension Extension Meeting And What To Expect
By Michelle Ball, California Education Attorney for Students since 1995 After a student is suspended from school for a serious offense, his or her parents may be informed that another meeting will take place, usually at the school district or with district officials. Sometimes schools wrongly call this an "expulsion hearing," which worries parents unnecessarily, sort of like when your child is out driving your car and a cop calls, asks if you own that car and hangs up without telling you why they asked that scary question... Rather than a car wreck, this first meeting, (unless formally noticed as an expulsion hearing with written notice mailed out 10 days prior) is only a suspension extension meeting . A suspension extension meeting occurs during the initial suspension time period, (the first 1-5 days the student is out of school on suspension), to prevent the student from returning to school when the initial suspension concludes. This meeting usually only occur...