Legal Question in Education Law in California

My Two Daughters will be transferring to the Philippines to go to school there in a month. I called their school to inform them of that and they told me I would have to come to the office to fill out a drop form and receive transfer papers. When I called the next day they told me they already dropped them from the school and all I needed was to pick up the transfer papers. Well...I wasn't ready for them to be dropped already and wanted them to continue at the school until they were ready to go to the Philippines....I talked to the principle and said "so anyone can call up and drop a student with just giving the name?" and the principle replied "yes" Is that right? what legal recourse do we have here?


Asked on 8/17/11, 11:52 am

2 Answers from Attorneys
Andrew Harrell W. Andrew Harrell, Attorney at Law

Arrange a visit to the superintendent of schools for your district. This is silly. A mere telephone call does not empower the principal to transact any business with respect to your children. After all, how does he/she really know who you are? You may also lack the legal capacity to unilaterally arrange a transfer, e.g., you may be constrained by a family court order pursuant to child custody. The principal is in trouble, and acted improperly.

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Answered on 8/17/11, 12:48 pm

While Mr. Harrell is correct, that the principal acted improperly, you neither have nor need any legal recourse unless they refuse to reverse the "drop" and admit your kids to school until it is time to transfer to the Philippines.

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Answered on 8/17/11, 1:23 pm


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