N.C. Supreme Court upholds ruling about alternative ed

The court wrote that the defendants, the Beaufort County Board of Education and Superintendent Jeffrey Moss, were required by law to present a reason for keeping Viktoria King out of alternative ed while she served a long-term suspension.

The justices said that schools have a right to keep students out of an educational setting if they are a threat to safety and discipline for other students, but that reasoning must be articulated.

opportunity must be provided," the court wrote.