A.H.
A.H. v. Simi Valley Unified School Dist. CA2/6
Opinion
Opinion
Perren, J.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On May 5, 2018, the four plaintiffs, A.H., D.S., A.B. and S.P., attended Prom Night in Los Angeles. D.S. arranged for a private party bus to transport 30 students, including plaintiffs, to the event. After the students disembarked from the bus, May and Cox observed one student who was visibly intoxicated and ill. That student was with another student who admitted drinking alcohol. The other students from the bus were then pulled from the indoor Prom venue and questioned. May and his three Assistant Principals, John Baxter, April Jacobsen and Cox, attended the Prom as chaperones. On the following Monday, May 7, 2018, they met to discuss what they had discovered while questioning plaintiffs and the other students. May and the assistant principals agreed that any student who was under the influence of or in possession of alcohol or marijuana on Prom Night would receive a three-day suspension, instead of the typical five-day suspension, but would be allowed take their AP tests. The administrators “did not make any final decisions regarding specific students as they planned to meet with [the] students individually before imposing any…