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LEXINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS v. K.S.

SJC-13151.

489 Mass. 309 (2022)

LEXINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS v. K.S.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

March 18, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Kilkelly for the child.

Kay H. Hodge (John M. Simon also present) for the petitioner.

Maria L. Remillard for the mother.

Present: Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Lowy, Cypher, Kafker, Wendlandt, & Georges, JJ.

In this case we are asked to decide whether an employee of a school district who is not an attorney, here an assistant school principal, may on behalf of a school district file and advocate for a petition under G. L. c. 119, § 39E, asserting that a child requires assistance, where the child has been "habitually truant" from school...

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