In K.W. v. Toronto Catholic District School
Board, K.W., a Grade 12 student in a school operated by
the Toronto Catholic District School Board (the Board), brought an
application for judicial review to challenge the decision of the
Board to transfer him to a new school at the beginning of the
2017-2018 school year. The Ontario Superior Court of Justice
dismissed K.W.'s application and concluded that the transfer
was not disciplinary in nature. Rather, the Court held that it was
a reasonable exercise of the Board's authority to transfer
students.
Background
During the 2016-2017 school year, K.W. was in Grade 11. In April
of his Grade 11 school year, K.W. was one of three students
involved in an assault of M.V., a Grade 10 student at the same
school (School 1). The principal of School 1 was advised by police
that the perpetrators, including K.W., were not allowed to return
to School 1. K.W. was placed on a 20-day administrative suspension
so that the principal could
