CAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 5/12/22
Dear Legal Mailbag: With all we learned during the pandemic, we are certainly capable of pivoting to remote learning anytime we have an emergency closure (e.g., snow day, power outage). I was relishing...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 5/5/22
Dear Legal Mailbag: Next week, we have our junior prom, and as principal I will be stationed at the door once again, deciding which students to let in and which to send home. I have prided myself in...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 5/19/22
Dear Legal Mailbag: Must a dress code be part of a teacher’s contract? Here is my issue: When the weather warms up, our school nurse starts to see an increase in scrapes and bruises due to falls on the...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 5/26/22
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: A family just moved to town, and they enrolled their fourth-grade son in the elementary school where I am principal. To say that...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 6/2/22
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: I have always understood that personnel matters are confidential. Therefore, I was surprised when the superintendent shared...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 6/9/22
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: As the principal of a middle school, I am investigating a complaint that a teacher used profane and insulting language in class, and...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 6/16/22
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: The end of the current school year cannot come soon enough. As the principal of an elementary school, I speak for my entire staff...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 6/23/22
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: I keep personal notes in my right-hand desk drawer to document my concerns with teachers and other employees. One of the teachers in...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 9/1/22
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: The other day, I attended a planning and placement team (PPT) meeting as the administration representative, and we discussed how...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 9/8/22
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: As the principal of an elementary school, I find the beginning of a new school year to be a magical time, when I see familiar faces...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 9/15/22
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: Unbeknownst to me, one of the students in my school has been bullying another student so severely that expulsion seems to be the...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 9/22/22
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: It is early in the school year, but I have already been targeted on social media by a totally unreasonable parent. As the principal...
View ArticleConnecticut State Department of Education Issues New Guidance on Remote...
Last week, the Connecticut State Department of Education (“CSDE”) issued guidance regarding remote learning and dual instruction, clarifying recent statutory changes enacted by the Connecticut General...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 10/06/22
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: School is back in session and so are those eager parents and aspiring politicians who want to “get involved” and make sure schools...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 09/29/22
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: One of the students at the middle school where I am principal gets all weird and guarded whenever I talk with her. Obviously,...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 10/13/22
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: I enjoyed and appreciated your post on September 29 (Legal Mailbag, September 29, 2022) about a parent telling a principal that he...
View ArticleSee You In Court – October 2022
The meetings of the Nutmeg Board of Education had been running four or more hours each night, because of the long speeches veteran Board members Bob Bombast and Mal Content would make on virtually...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 10/27/22
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: A high school student was searched after having been in the bathroom when there was a smell of marijuana. This student was found not...
View ArticleSee You In Court – November 2022
Last week, Mr. Superintendent sent an email to the members of the Nutmeg Board of Education, asking who would be available for an expulsion hearing. It is a busy time, and several of the Board members...
View ArticleCAS Legal Mailbag – 11/3/22
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: Yesterday, I received a form letter from a parent, in which she attested to her religious convictions, stated that she has the right...
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