EX-CORONA DEL MAR HIGH STUDENT SUES TO BAR 'ZERO TOLERANCE'

A former Corona del Mar High student who successfully fought against
the school district's "zero tolerance" policy has filed a lawsuit
seeking to have the rule declared void.

Ryan Huntsman, 19, alleges that his constitutional right were violated
when Newport-Mesa Unified School District officials suspended and
transferred him without due process. Police had told school officials
that they found a marijuana pipe in Huntsman's car after they stopped
him in February 1998.

Huntsman then filed a $10 million lawsuit against the city of Newport
Beach and the school district. A judge ruled that Huntsman, now a
student at Loyola Marymount University, was denied due process by the
school district.

In his latest lawsuit, filed Monday in Orange County Superior Court,
Huntsman is seeking to have a judge declare that zero-tolerance
policies are unconstitutional on the grounds that they violate due
process and are cruel and unusual punishment.

Both Huntsman and his mother, Kathleen, are also alleging damage to
their reputations, loss of a guaranteed education, and mental and
emotional pain.