Lower Merion Expels Two Students for Living Outside District

Two students were expelled from Lower Merion School District on Monday night after the school board approved an examiner's determination that they do not live in the district, and in fact never did.

The students, both rising eighth graders at Bala Cynwyd Middle School, were registered using a fraudulent lease, according to the Main Line Media News.

The district caught on when the family filed a lawsuit in Montgomery County Court against the driver of a car that hit one of their children on school property. The website is reporting that the district saw the mother's address listed as Philadelphia on court documents, at which point it began its investigation.

Read the full story, including information on the family's right to an appeal and the students' ability to advance to high school, here.