CAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 6/3/2021
Dear Legal Mailbag: After the extensive distribution of 1-to-1 devices that occurred to address student needs during the pandemic, we anticipate a challenge at all levels with students who move but...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 6/10/2021
Dear Legal Mailbag: A parent called me recently asking under the Freedom of Information Act to see a copy of an anonymous survey that a teacher asked students to complete during class. According to the...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 6/17/2021
Dear Legal Mailbag: Being a bit of a blowhard myself, I have been interested in learning about the free speech rights of educators. Recently, I took an excellent school law course, and I understand...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 6/24/2021
Dear Legal Mailbag: This morning, I heard on the news that the United States Supreme Court ruled yesterday that students cannot be punished for online, off-campus speech. As I understand it, some...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 12/9/2021
Dear Legal Mailbag: I have been reading about the various threats that school administrators have had to deal with in recent weeks, but I didn’t expect to have to deal with student threats myself....
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 12/16/2021
Dear Legal Mailbag: As the principal of an elementary school (let’s call it Acorn Elementary for fun), I like to promote a friendly atmosphere for students and staff. But the new secretary may be...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 12/23/2021
Dear Legal Mailbag: Since I was little, I have been in love with the Christmas season, especially Christmas trees. Now that I am principal of a small elementary school with my own office, I can indulge...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week –1/20/22
Dear Legal Mailbag: I am as sick of COVID as the next person, but as an assistant principal, I want students to have as normal an experience as possible. It is only January, but end-of-year activities...
View ArticleThomas Mooney and Natalia Sieira Millan Present CAS Webinar “Employee...
Tom Mooney and Natalia Sieira Millan will present the Connecticut Associations of Schools webinar, “Employee Discipline: The Graduate Course.” Supervision and evaluation of employees is a core...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week –1/27/22
Dear Legal Mailbag: Before the holidays, a student claimed that a teacher got mad pushed him into the wall using both hands. We promptly filed a report with DCF, put the teacher on leave, and waited....
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week –2/3/22
Dear Legal Mailbag: I am wondering if, when a private psychiatrist (one hired by a parent directly) sees a student and learns something pertinent or disturbing that suggests that the student may harm...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week –2/10/22
Dear Legal Mailbag: My district encourages teachers to use GoGuardian to limit and monitor students’ online activity during class. A few parents have recently asked IT leadership to turn on a...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week –2/17/22
Dear Legal Mailbag: I am so excited to have been recently elected to the Nutmeg Board of Education! I was then beyond elated when the board chairperson appointed me to the newly formed Social Outreach...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week –2/24/22
Dear Legal Mailbag: As the statewide mask mandate comes to an end, my teachers and I are confused as to where we all stand. As the principal of an elementary school, I have always given my teachers as...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week –3/10/22
Dear Legal Mailbag: I am worried about our baseball coach. He is a clean-living fellow, and normally that would be just great. However, this coach makes no secret of the fact that he is born again and...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week –3/24/22
Dear Legal Mailbag: The smell of spring is in the air, and given my many years of service as a principal, I am reminded that it is “teacher non-renewal season.” I have long known that teachers are...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week –3/31/22
Dear Legal Mailbag: As the assistant principal at a large middle school, I am often called upon to search students. I am quite the charmer, and most often I am able to obviate the need for a search...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 4/7/2022
Dear Legal Mailbag: One of the teachers in my building came to see me last week to complain about his salary. Apparently, he just woke up out of a deep sleep and realized that, given his past...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 4/21/2022
Dear Legal Mailbag: As an assistant principal, I receive complaints from time to time from parents about what they perceive to be unfair grading practices by some of the teachers in my building....
View ArticleNew Law Removes Sunset Date for Conducting Remote and Hybrid Meetings
Under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, public agencies, including boards of education, must make their meetings, other than executive sessions, open to the public. Last year, the Connecticut...
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