met to determine where Student would attend school during the 1997-1998 school year. (Id.) Parent attended the meeting along with personnel from the ARC, the Alternative School, OHS, and the OCSB. (8/21/97 Notice of Placement, Admin.R., Ex. 10.)
At the meeting, the committee discussed several options for Student's placement. ARC staff reported that Student had undergone therapy at ARC that had improved his disposition, and they recommended giving Student a thirty day probationary period at OHS. (Id.) OHS staff said that Paradiso, who was not at the meeting, had recommended that Student continue to honor the "2 year recommended expulsion notice," and they expressed concern for the safety of Student and the other students if Student were to return to OHS. (Id.) Parent contends that, at the August 21meeting, OHS personnel "kept saying that Mr. Paradiso had expelled [Student] until the end of the 1997-1998 school year and that he had to complete the expulsion period." (Id.) During the meeting, Cayasso, an OCSB employee, told Parent whom to contact at the OCSB office if Parent wanted "to argue the situation in front of the School Board." (Id.)
Parent became upset while at the meeting, and she and Student left the meeting early. (Id.; Decl. Parent ¶ 8, Doc. S-6.) Ultimately, the committee decided to place Student in the Alternative School. (8/21/97 Notice of Placement, Admin.R., Ex. 10.) The committee also scheduled a second meeting for September 9 to further discuss the issue.
Following the August 21, 1997 meeting, Parent contacted the OCSB and obtained a phone number for