Judge allows senior to begin classes at JFK until Sept. 9 hearing


Staff report

WARREN

A judge has granted a temporary restraining order allowing a John F. Kennedy High School senior to begin classes at Kennedy after the boy’s family filed legal action.

Dominic Alberini and his parents, Richard and Brigitte Alberini of Bittersweet Drive in Howland, filed a breach-of-contract complaint Monday against the school and its principal, Joseph Kenneally.

It alleges the Alberinis “entered into a contract” with the school May 9 for the boy’s enrollment, and the school accepted their tuition deposit and tuition payment.

Dominic Alberini also was included on the school’s football roster, was issued a helmet and other equipment and started practicing with the team, the suit said.

On June 15, however, the school notified the family that it had denied the boy’s admission, the suit says.

Judge W. Wyatt McKay of Trumbull County Common Pleas Court presided over the TRO hearing Monday, allowing Alberini to attend school and participate in extracurricular activities until a hearing for preliminary and permanent injunction at 1:30 p.m. Sept. 9.

When asked to comment on the legal action Tuesday, Kenneally said, “We don’t comment on individual student matters.”

Dominic Alberini was one of two JFK students sentenced to seven days of detention in the Trumbull County Juvenile Justice Center last August for secretly recording a female student getting dressed in a Howland home during a pool party.

Alberini and the other male student pleaded “true” to a felony charge of voyeurism before juvenile court magistrate Monte Horton.

The victim said she learned of the video later from another student who saw it, and the family contacted Howland police.