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KOLESNICK v. OMAHA PUB. SCHOOL DIST.

No. S-95-099.

558 N.W.2d 807 (1997)

251 Neb. 575

Kristoffer A. KOLESNICK, a minor, By and Through his Mother and Next Friend, Edith SHAW, Appellee, v. OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

January 24, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Pedersen and David J. Kramer, of Baird, Holm, McEachen, Pedersen, Hamann & Strasheim, Omaha, for appellants.

C. Jan Headley and Jeffrey T. Palzer, Omaha, for appellee.

Catherine Mahern, of Creighton Legal Clinic, for amicus curiae Paul Dilly.

WHITE, C.J., and FAHRNBRUCH, LANPHIER, WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, and GERRARD, JJ.

LANPHIER, Justice.

The Omaha Public School District (OPS) adopted a student code of conduct for the 1994-95 school year, which provided for a two-semester expulsion for the possession of a weapon, including a knife, at school. On September 23, 1994, Kristoffer Kolesnick, an eighth grade student at King Science Center, brought a switchblade knife to school. On September 29, after learning about the knife incident, Deborah Frison, the assistant principal at King Science...

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